Monument record 2301/0/75 - Possible Iron Age/Roman settlement
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Summary
[Part of the wider Harper's Brook Complex] The site of a probable Iron Age or Roman enclosure, apparently destroyed during gravel quarrying in 1965. It had been photographed as a cropmark by St Joseph in 1953. Limited salvage excavation of the ditch recovered a single sherd of Late Iron Age pottery from the primary silts, suggesting that the site may have been broadly contemporary with the more fully investigated ditched enclosure to the north (SP 98 SE 15). Ordnance Survey field investigation also apparently recovered four Roman potsherds from the surface in the vicinity of the enclosure.
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
{1, 3} A double ditched enclosure quarried away south-east of the hedge - only the one sherd was found {3a}. Now under corn stubble. There are no surface indications of the enclosure but 4 isolated fragments of RB grey ware was found. No IA material seen. No air cover available.
{2} SP 99358005. Crop marks. One IA Hunsbury type sherd found by D Jackson in 1953.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98SE14 (checked) (Index). SNN443.
<2> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map (Map). SNN10162.
<2a> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Dr J K St Joseph (Oral Report). SNN111577.
<3> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 8-OCT-69 (Notes). SNN112950.
<3a> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Dennis Jackson (MOW) Northampton (Oral Report). SNN111577.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SNN443 Index: Ordnance Survey. 1950s/1960s. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. Ordnance Survey. SP98SE14 (checked).
- <2> SNN10162 Map: Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map. 6 Inch to 1 Mile.
- <2a> SNN111577 Oral Report: Historic England. Unknown. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments. Dr J K St Joseph.
- <3a> SNN111577 Oral Report: Historic England. Unknown. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments. Dennis Jackson (MOW) Northampton.
- <3> SNN112950 Notes: Colquhoun, FD. 1969. Field investigators comments. English Heritage. F1 FDC 8-OCT-69.
Finds (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
Grid reference | SP 994 800 (point) Central |
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Civil Parish | ISLIP, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- NRHE HOB UID: 347582
Record last edited
Jun 25 2024 9:29AM