Monument record 5130/1/9 - Possible Occupation Layer With Romano-British Pottery

{1} Romano-British pottery was retrieved from a layer of dark earth; was not further investigated because of flooding of clay subsoil.

{2} Roman pottery, evaluation by M Shaw.

{3} Five test pits (TPs 14-18) were sited at the north-east end of field parcel 3900 to test an area where fieldwalking in 1974 had located a concentration of Roman pottery. In TP18 an area of dark earth was uncovered below the topsoil. Five sherds of Roman pottery, four pieces of fired clay and a strip of lead were discovered in revealing it, but it was not possible to investigate it further as the test pit filled with water. Six sherds of late Roman C3rd-C4th pottery were recovered from the spoil.

<1> SHAW M., 1992, SMR Report Form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49531.

<2> Dix B., 1992, Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology, p.125 (checked) (Article). SNN104441.

<3> Shaw M., 1990, Archaeological Evaluation At Upton, Northampton (South West District), (checked) (Report). SNN102374.

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Nov 4 2014 3:29PM