Monument record 8051/0/2 - Late Iron Age/ early Romano-British pits and posthole, Brigstock Manor

Excavation at Brigstock Manor in 1983 identified two pits and a posthole. Roman pottery and a fragment of brooch were recovered.

{1} Excavation at Brigstock Manor was undertaken in 1983. A large ill defined pit was identified. It measured at least 6m across with sloping sides cut down into the clay subsoil to a depth of at least 0.6m. Numerous pottery sherds dating from the mid-late 1st century were recovered from its fill. At a distance of c. 4m to the north a separate shallow pit at least 2m across its fill contained no dating evidence.
A single post hole c.0.4m in diameter was cut into the subsoil in the southern corner of the site.
A layer seen to the north west of the post hole contained sherds of late 1st- early 2nd century date and a fragment of a brooch of probable 1st century date.

A number of shallow parallel lines scored into the natural subsoil in the south east corner of the site could be the result of ploughing. A layer of brown, gritty loam which contained late Roman and Early-Middle Saxon pottery sherds may be the remains of a cultivation layer which suggests that the site was ploughed at that time.

<1> Steadman, S., 1992, Excavations at Brigstock Manor, Northants, in 1983, p.3-4 (checked) (Report). SNN45541.

<2> Steadman, S., 1994, Excavations at Brigstock Manor, Northamptonshire, in 1983, p.120 (checked) (Article). SNN40496.

<3> FOARD G.R., 1983, Brigstock Manor, (checked) (Interim Note). SNN45540.

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