Find Spot record 4511/0/1 - Prehistoric, medieval and undated finds from quarrying, Scaldwell

Ironstone quarrying during the 1920s within the parish revealed a stone axe, 200 Henry I pennies.

{1} Find from quarrying, unlocated. An undated stone axe. A medieval coin hoard comprising 200 silver pennies of Henry I. A gold bar, gold brooches, gold ring and brooch set with diamonds. All claimed to have been found in the quarry and largely purchased by a London collector. Information from the rector and Staverley Hill Ironstone Company.

{3} The following finds are said to have been made during ironstone-quarrying somewhere in the parish in the 1920s: a stone axe, up to 200 silver pennies of Henry I, burials and gold objects, and a 'series of trenches up to 40 ft long filled with human bones' [HER no 4405/0/1] .

<1> 1926, The Northampton Independent, 4 September 1926 (Journal). SNN28435.

<2> Woods PJ, 1970, Brixworth Excavations: Vol. 1. The Romano-British Villa, 1965-70. (Part 1- The Roman Coarse Pottery and Decprated Samian Ware), p.99 (checked) (Journal). SNN28436.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.205 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

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