Find Spot record 4843/0/0 - Early Middle Saxon Pottery Scatter (& Prehistoric Flints)

A possible Saxon settlement suggested by finds of pottery from field walking, situated to the East of Collingtree Village. Ditches were seen as cropmarks near where most of the finds were made.

{1} Saxon Settlement (centred on SP 75645575), E. of Collingtree village, on fluvial sand and gravel, at 80 m. above OD. A scatter of 13 definitely and seven possibly early to middle Saxon potsherds was discovered during field-walking in 1980. Eighty per cent of the sherds came from an area of approximately 0.75 hectares in the N.W. corner of the field (centred on SP 75645575) though the settlement seems likely to continue into the field to the W. and possibly that to the N. Possible ditches are reported in the same field from an aerial photograph taken in 1979 .


{3}Fieldwalking in 1980 recovered 13 definite and 7 possible early-middle Saxon pot sherds. 80% of the sherds were found in 0.75 ha in the north west corner of the field (SP75645575). Prehistoric worked flints were also recovered.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.233+238 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

<3> Shaw M., 1982, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (12), 12/40 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN22160.

<4> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, page 177 (Article). SNN56490.

<5> NDC SMR Records, P237 (Database). SNN103358.

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Jun 3 2024 3:08PM