Monument record 2409/0/21 - Iron Age to Roman road

{1}Junction of 2 roads located; major road 7m wide; minor road at right-angles was 4m wide; lining roads & constructed over road ditch infilled in early C2nd AD were series of…….; roads identified using recent aerial photography by Upex

{2}Later road surfaces of Hadrianic & late C2nd date were separated by dense layers of industrial & domestic debris which caused subsidence & necessitated pitched stone road-mending in C3rd

{3}Further sections were taken through 2 roads located previously

{4}Smaller road adjoining main one

{8} Secondary to this, are a series of looping side roads to the west of the main route, which appear to meet at a complex junction close to the disused railway to the north west (2409/0/16, 2409/0/21)

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, p.153 (checked) (Report). SNN41605.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, p.210-11 (checked) (Report). SNN723.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1979, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1978, p.105 (checked) (Article). SNN45225.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.185 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<5> Wild, J.P. (ed.), 1975, Durobrivae: A Review of Nene Valley Archaeology (Vol.3), 12-15 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN59033.

<6> 1975, Britannia, 253 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN55428.

<7> 1977, Britannia, 8/433-4 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN11639.

<8> Taylor J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Ashton (Roman), Section 3.1 Communications (checked) (Digital archive). SNN103116.

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Jun 9 2010 5:05PM