Monument record 4946/0/11 - Romano-British pit containing large quantity of finds

A 'barrowful' of pottery sherds and a few coins were recovered from a single pit on the northern edge of Duston Roman town

{1}"Barrowful" of sherds & few coins found in pit;,{2}Pit containig "barrowful" of Romano-British pot sherds & few coins.

{2} (SP 7355 6106) Quantity of RB sherds, including Samian found by Mr F B Allen in his father's garden while tree planting; finds sent to Cambridge Museum.

{4} Mr F H Allen, now an architect in Northampton, made the finds when he was a young man, in the garden of his father's house 'Southlands' in The Avenue. The find spot from his detailed description was at SP 7355 6104. He dug up 'about a barrowful' of sherds and a few coins from what seemed to be a rubbish pit. The sherds went to Cambridge Museum, but he retained the coins and they are now confused with others in a small collection he has from the area.

The find-spot is in a small orchard in a southern extension of the garden of 'Southlands'. The house is now occupied by a Mr Jelly, who knew of the find and confirmed the siting. He has done a little digging round about it, but has found nothing significant.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.255 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, Corr 6" 1953 (H C R Frost) (Map). SNN10162.

<3> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, R237 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

<4> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 18-MAR-69 (Notes). SNN111907.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

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Nov 16 2023 2:31PM