Monument record 2424/1/1 - Late Iron Age & Romano-British Roads, Ashton Roman Town

{1} Trial trenches to south of main trench showed that road was at this point surfaced only with gravel; 6m length of ditch contained several thousand sherds of Belgic pottery including many fine wares and imports of terra rubra, terra nigra and Lyons ware; also a brooch and a fine coin of Tasciovanus.

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

{3} During 1977 additional information was obtained from the deposits sealed by C3rd road surfaces.

{4} Further sections were taken through 2 roads located previously.

{5} Road running across site.

{6} Late Iron Age ditch containing fine pottery including terra rubra & terra nigra & Lyons cups & beakers; also unrecognised bronze coin of Tasciovanus.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1977, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976, p.211 (checked) (Report). SNN723.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, p.153 (checked) (Report). SNN41605.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1978, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977, p.181-82 (checked) (Journal). SNN2192.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1979, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1978, p.105 (checked) (Article). SNN45225.

<5> 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.

<6> Nene Valley Research Committee, 1977, Durobrivae: A Review of Nene Valley Archaeology (Vol.5), p.6-11 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN45237.

<7> Wild, J.P. (ed.), 1975, Durobrivae: A Review of Nene Valley Archaeology (Vol.3), 12-15 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN59033.

<8> 1975, Britannia, 6/253 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN55428.

<9> 1977, Britannia, 8/433-4 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN11639.

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