Find Spot record 1733/0/1 - Possible Roman settlement

Roman pottery and building stone identified. Ditches were observed during pipeline development

{1}The site is marked on OS maps, but no records of any finds existed until recently and it has been regarded as a mislocation. However Roman pottery and building stone have since been found, and ditches have been discovered during pipe-trenching.

{2} Romano-British sherds and building stone. A pipeline trench cut through ditches either side of the site. River gravel. SP 970710;

{4}?Ploughing produced tesserae and fragments of tessellated pavement from the further end of 'The Meadow Furlong';

{6} SP 97047112. Pieces of Roman mosaic (?) ploughed up here in December 1949.

{7} SP 97047112. ROMAN BUILDING (R) (site of) NAT (Not published on OS 6" provisional edition 1952, or on earlier editions).

{8} Incorrect siting, apparently derived from information supplied by R W Brown (and also probably from the previous identification of the site on the Archaeology Division Record with that first mentioned by Bridges in 1791. See SP 97 SE 7).

{9} A single fragment of Samian ware was found on this site in 1967 during the laying of a pipeline.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.79/Site 14 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> HALL D.N.; HUTCHINGS J.B., 1972, The Distribution of Archaeological Sites Between The Nene and The Ouse Valleys, p.15 (unchecked) (Article). SNN35780.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP97SE24 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M, 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.194 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100368.

<5> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.194 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<6> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" R W Brown 1950 (Map). SNN112961.

<7> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1958 (Map). SNN112944.

<8> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Letter W R G Moore, Keeper of Arch Central Museum Northampton 14.4.75 (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<9> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, Info from A E Rollings (Note). SNN111452.

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Mar 18 2024 3:35PM