Monument record 1896/1/11 - Gartree Road: Length in Hazel Wood, Corby

A length of Roman road located in Hazel Wood visible as a low agger. Scheduled Monument

{1} In September 1958, a group of pupils from Corby Grammar School excavated another section of the road in Hazel Wood, Corby. Exactly similar results were obtained viz., a road approximately 20 feet wide and 2 feet deep, constructed of a limestone upper surface and ironstone core on a clay bed.

{2} Earthwork of a Roman road; there is a low agger visible within a hazel wood; Scheduled;

{3} An excavation was carried out in July 1977; part of a Roman road was uncovered, metalling and side ditches were observed, as well as a buried soil; a find of a single sherd of Roman greyware was noted; the section was cut prior to roadworks at SP87878837.

{5} Detailed magnetometry over an area of 0.16ha identified the edges of the road and the southern roadside ditch.

<1> SEABORNE M. & LLOYD, C., 1959, Excavation of Roman Road near Corby, 33/260 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN104912.

<2> 1973, Margary 1973, p.216 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN4901.

<3> Brown A.E.; Hannan A., 1978, Watling Street & the Gartee Road: some work on two Roman roads in Northamptonshire (Kilsby and Corby), (unchecked) (Journal). SNN30174.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.186-190 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Comber, A, 2018, Archaeological Geophysical Survey: Gartree Roman Road in Hazel Wood, Corby, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111328.

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Jan 9 2019 9:54AM