Monument record 5984/1/1 - Saxon iron working site

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Saxon finds and blast furnace

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{1} Features, pre-1980. Quarrying of the surface ironstone revealed Saxon pottery associated with a hearth and the remains of an iron smelting furnace c. 0.5m in diameter, with charcoal, slag and baked clay furnace lining.


<1> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, p.170 (checked) (Article). SNN56490.

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  • <1> Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1980. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 15. Northants Archaeology Soc. p.170 (checked).

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Location

Grid reference SP 8580 8257 (point) Approximate
Civil Parish RUSHTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District)

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  • None recorded

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  • NRHE HOB UID: 968675

Record last edited

Mar 9 2022 3:20PM

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