Monument record 150 - Late Iron Age to Early Saxon Settlement

Investigations and excavations within the area of St Peter's Churchyard have located an area of Roman occupation. Features recovered include a wall and a cobbled floor. Finds include coins, pottery, tesserae, wall plaster, roof and flue tiles. Interpreted as a possible villa site. Further late Iron Age/Roman settlement evidence has also been found to the north-west of the church at Egerton Close

{1} Probably not taken forward for assessment as a Romano-British urban settlement.

{2} SP 594370 Roman sherds including a piece of samian and a portion of roof tile, from a trench dug in Mill Lane.

{2/3} SP 593372. Exploration of an active building site, SSE of (St Peter's) Church has revealed an extensive area of Roman occupation. The finds include 5 coins, two each of Tetricus I and Gallienus and one of Severus Alexander. Samian and coarse ware, plaster, tesserae and tiles, both roof and flue. Trial excavations have revealed a wall, a cobbled floor and a covered stone gully.

{4} RB sherds, iron work and flue tiles from St Peter's churchyard (SP 592373) are now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Dating evidence suggests occupation from 1st to 4th century AD.

{5} NH 16 Listed as the possible site of a Roman villa.

<1> BARBER A., 1996, The Elms, Brackley, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Assessment, (unchecked) (Report). SNN40430.

<2> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, P.6 (Journal). SNN13960.

<3> Brown, AE (Ed), 1973, Northamptonshire Archaeology, P.5(R Isham, B C Hastings) (Journal). SNN14319.

<4> Clapinson, M. (Ed.), 1971, Oxoniensia (36), P.112 (Journal). SNN9056.

<5> Scott, E., 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, p. 141 (Monograph). SNN110345.

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