Monument record 3563/1 - Possible Iron Age and Roman settlement, east of Grendon Road

Indistinct cropmarks of ditches, a small enclosure and a two semi-circular features identified on aerial photographs. A possible pit alignment recorded by the Royal Commission was not observed during the National Mapping Programme. A Roman coin was found during fiedwalking in 1978

{1}Enclosure, Pit Alignment and Ditches, on gravel at 56 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a group of indistinct ditches, a small enclosure and two semicircular features. A pit alignment runs along the N. side of the site and westwards towards

Pit alignment not detected by National Mapping Programme

{4} Fieldwalking survey undertaken in 1978 found a Roman AE 3/4 coin of Constantine 1- Obv: 'CONSTAN…'; Rev: CAMP GATE; AD 324-30.

{5} Enclosure, pit alignment and ditches (SP 850627). A coin of Constantine I has been found in this area.

{7} (SP 849626) AP shows complex and precise narrow ditch marks in grid pattern (Villa layout). R Hollowell, July 1969. (Nothing visible on avaiulable APs RAF 1960)

{8} R Hollowell has not yet walked this site - the "Villa" is the suggestion of Northampton Museum. Under corn. Possibly a duplication of SP 86 SW2.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.40/Site 6 & Fig 42 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/9 (Journal). SNN106546.

<3> JACKSON D., 1974, Two New Pit Alignments: 2. A New Pit Alignment and A Hoard of Currency Bars at Gretton, Northamptonshire, 9/44 (Journal). SNN106754.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1979, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1978, 14/105 (Article). SNN45225.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.197/Site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<6> Deegan A; Markham P. et al., 2004, Morph: National Mapping Programme Database (Northamptonshire) (Database). SNN1749.

<7> Northampton Museum Records (Uncertain). SNN126.

<8> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 08-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 12:13PM