Monument record 4638/0/1 - Romano-British Rubbish Pits & Associated Saxon Material

Finds recovered in 1964 from a sand quarry. Probably relates to settlement features identified as cropmarks to the east.

{1} Finds recovered in 1964 from a sand quarry. Roman and early-middle Saxon pottery, loomweights and slag. The area is now being redeveloped.

{4} Rubbish pits revealed during sand-working contained Roman sherds and spindle whorls. Saxon sherds and loom-wieghts were also discovered. [Quoted grid reference of SP738556 may be wrong.]

{5} Lies outside the boundary of the village.

{6} An important group of early Saxon pottery was collected at Milton malsor in 1966 during sand quarrying, and has not been previously published. The writer visited the site at that time and was shown several pits or hearths containing dark ashy soil and burnt pebbles, as well as Roman and Saxon pottery found in association with them. The features were not recorded but the pottery was deposited in Northampton Museum.

{7} The area indicated is under development, but the previous existence of a sand pit there (one of the Asplin pits) is confirmed.

<1> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, Site List (unchecked) (Index). SNN1470.

<2> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP75NW20 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.102/Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> 1780, Plan of Allotments and Inclosures at Milton and Collingtree, (unchecked) (Map). SNN106567.

<6> Jackson D, 1993-4, Iron Age and Anglo Saxon Settlement and Activity Around the Hunsbury Hillfort, Northampton, p. 41/Site 26 (Article). SNN104120.

<7> GHP, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 GSL 22-JUL-69 (Note). SNN115248.

<8> Historic England, Sketches of two cremation urns from Asplin's Sandpit, Milton, Northamptonshire, Object number: AO2139 (Archive). SNN115249.

Record last edited

Jul 5 2023 10:30AM