Monument record 3857/0/1 - Romano-British well and finds

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

{1} Romano-British well, 4.2m deep, and Romano-British pot sherds

{2} 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.

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

{4} 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.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP86NE29 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.168/Site 12 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<3> Northampton Museum Records (Uncertain). SNN126.

<4> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments (Notes). SNN110341.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<6> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography (Photographs). SNN104890.

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

<8> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974 (Report). SNN41605.

<9> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Roman) (Article). SNN58198.

Record last edited

May 16 2024 3:34PM