Monument record 4986/0/6 - Iron Age settlement, Summerfields Road

Archaeological investigation undertaken during the construction of the housing estate south of Hunsbury Hill Farm identified Iron Age features although identifying features in the ironstone geology was difficult.

{2} Iron Age features noted during roadworks and in foundation trenches included a number of ditches and at least 8 pits. Some of the pits comprised vertical-sided, flat-bottomed examples of storage type. Some of the pits are likely to have been quarry pits. The quarry pits were irregular in outline and depth and in places appear to have been excavated along shallow seams of iron ore. Both slag and burnt clay occurred in their filling and it is reasonable to assume that iron smelting was carried out in the vicinity.

<1> JACKSON D., 1990, SMR REPORT FORM, (checked) (Note). SNN49680.

<2> Jackson D, 1993-4, Iron Age and Anglo Saxon Settlement and Activity Around the Hunsbury Hillfort, Northampton, pp.36-38 (checked) (Article). SNN104120.

<3> Musgrave E.C.; Tingle M. (editors), 1991, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1990, (checked) (Article). SNN100325.

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