Monument record 3857/0/2 - Romano-British well

Cropmarks of enclosures on aerial photgraphs and the site of a Roman well. Much pottery was found on the site.

{1} Romano-British well found in Ruskin Avenue, 70ft west of the junction between Ruskin Avenue and Stanwell Way

{2} (SO 87396709) "Stanwell Well" - 13' deep. RB sherds found Dec 1962 (near end of Stanwell Way) by Mr D Jackson.

{3} Mrs Watkins of the W&DAS said that the well was situated 70 ft west of the junction of Stanwell Way and Risbin Avenue. This sites it to approx SP 87236751; the well was not preserved and the sherds have been lost.

{6} Iron Age and Roman Settlement (SP 873674), N. and E. of Westfield Lodge, on limestone at 91m. above OD. Air photographs shows a series
of sub-rectangular and circular enclosures associated with lengths of ditch.

<1> WELLINGBOROUGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Untitled Source, (unchecked) (Records). SNN48323.

<2> Northampton Museum Records (Uncertain). SNN126.

<3> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, JB 26-AUG-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, CUAP 2W 41-3 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, RAF VAP F21 543/RAF 943, 0098-9 (Photographs). SNN104890.

<6> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Page 168 (Series). SNN77380.

<7> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Aerial Photography), Page 20 (Article). SNN105839.

<8> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Roman), Page 6 (Article). SNN58198.

<9> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, Page 142-4 (Report). SNN41605.

Record last edited

May 16 2024 3:16PM