Find Spot record 2609/0/1 - Unstratified Romano-British Finds

Finds of Roman pottery, roof tile, oyster shells suggests the site of a possible Roman settlement.

{1} FINDS;1962;ROMANO-BRITISH POT SHERDS & ROOF TILES & OYSTER SHELLS;

POSS SAME SITE AS<<RN:0791015>>;(2);

{3} Mr Londesborough is now dead. Mr Challands said that in 1962 he found RB occupation debris from the area centred TL 071913. His finds included grey, shelley and colour coated potsherds, rooftile and oyster shells. These are now in Peterborough Museum.

The area is at present under crop and partly occupied by a sewage
farm. No surface finds made.

{4} A rectangular enclosure located at (TL 075912) and a possible small rectangular building located at (TL 073912). Both sites identified on AP in 1979.

{5} Roman settlement (TL 071913) Two Roman spindle whorls have been found on this site.

{6} [Area cent. TL 07009120] Much Roman pottery found in corner of field.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL09SE10 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.108/Site 15 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 05-JUN-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, Page 223 (Report). SNN723.

<5> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, Page 179 (Article). SNN56490.

<6> 1960, Untitled Source (Letter). SNN116294.

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Apr 15 2024 1:03PM