Monument record 4176/0/1 - Prehistoric/Roman Features

Probable Iron Age settlement consisting of ditches and pits with coarse pottery. Traces of Roman occupation consisting of a semi circle of burnt wood and stones, possibly indicating a hut site with 2nd to 4th century Romano British pottery.

{1}Ditches and pits containing probable Iron Age pottery, animal bone and burnt clay have been found; in the same area Roman pot sherds and burnt timber have been found;

{3} SP 872900: Probable Iron Age ditches pits and coarse pottery have been found along with animal bones and burnt clay on Shire Lodge housing estate. In another area Roman pottery and burnt timber was found. A semi-circle of burnt wood and stones of shallow depth was also seen. (Shire Lodge Estate does not extend to SP 872900 on OS 1958).

{4} The finds were probably made when the area was built over c1966. No finds have apparently been reported subsequently.

{5} The RB pottery was dated to the C2nd to C4th.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP89SE22 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.23/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Roman), p.9 (unchecked) (Article). SNN58197.

<4> BHS, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 BHS 14-JUL-1970 (Notes). SNN111541.

<5> Moore W.R.G., 1968, Roman Settlement in the Upper and Middle Nene Valley, p. 52 (Uncertain). SNN15188.

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Mar 28 2022 11:22AM