Monument record 6074/0/1 - Late Bronze Age roundhouse, Scours Field

An oval structure, together with the remains of an isolated enclosure of uncertain date were found beneath the alluvium at Stanwick Quarry

{1} A watching brief undertaken in 1986 by S. Parry discovered an ovoid Bronze Age round house consisting of three concentric linear features; the innermost palisade wall was 10.5-12m in diameter; one metre out from that was the wall foundation ditch which was cut by shallow postholes; the outermost 'ring' was a possible eaves drip gully; late Bronze Age pottery was recovered from the site;

<1> 1993, Untitled Source, /43-51 (Full Report). SNN37217.

<2> Parry S. et al, 2006, Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94, p. 156-160 (Site 5) (Book). SNN105780.

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