Find Spot record 2609/0/2 - Unstratified Romano-British Finds

Cropmarks of a rectangular enclosure and a possible small rectangular building. Finds of two spindle whorls suggests the site of a possible Roman settlement.

{1}Finds;pre 1977;2 Roman spindle whorls from site of Roman settlement.

{3} Mr Londesborough is now dead. Mr Challands said that in 1962 he found RB occupation debris from the area centred TL 071913. His finds included grey, shelley and colour coated potsherds, rooftile and oyster shells. These are now in Peterborough Museum.
The area is at present under crop and partly occupied by a sewage farm. No surface finds made.

{4} Roman settlement (TL 071913) Two Roman spindle whorls have been found on this site.

{5} A rectangular enclosure located at (TL 075912) and a possible small rectangular building located at (TL 073912). Both sites identified on AP in 1979.

{6} [Area cent. TL 07009120] Much Roman pottery found in corner of field.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, 12/223 (Report). SNN723.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.194/Site 15 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 05-JUN-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, Page 223 (Report). SNN723.

<5> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, Page 179 (Article). SNN56490.

<6> 1960, Untitled Letter (Letter). SNN116294.

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