Monument record 1641/0/63 - Late Iron Age/Early Romano-British Boundary Ditch

{1} A U-shaped ditch 3ft wide and 1ft deep, cut into the natural subsoil and defining the southern edge of a thin trample of dark occupation soil and charcoal. Little identifiable material was recovered from the occupation layer, but the ditch-silting was rich in pottery of Belgic and early Roman type. This dating is confirmed by the presence of a one-piece, pierced catch- plate brooch, unlikely to be later in date than around A.D. 60, in the layer sealing the initial occupation. There was no trace of the occupation layer to the south of the ditch, which must therefore have demarcated the limits of occupation of a building lying to the north of and outside the area of the present excavation.

<1> Knight J.K., 1967, Excavations at The Roman Town of Irchester, 1962-63, p.107-8 (checked) (Report). SNN48299.

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