Monument record 2576/0/1 - Iron Age ditch

An Iron Age ditch was noted near the quarry edge in 1968/9

{1} A ditch, visible for 70m, was revealed during removal of topsoil prior to ironstone mining in 1968. It was just over 2m deep and contained late Iron Age pottery.

{3} Location plan

{4} In 1969 an Iron Age ditch was noted near the quarry edge, some 300m north-west of the pit alignment. This was not excavated but animal bones and late Iron Age pottery was found on the exposed surface of the ditch. It seems likely that there had been a settlement site in the immediate vicinity, which the quarrying had destroyed.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.57/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Jackson D., 1970, Fieldwork and Excavation in North Eastern Northamptonshire, 4/40 (checked) (Article). SNN4821.

<3> JACKSON D.A.; KNIGHT D., 1985, An Early Iron Age and Beaker Site Near Gretton, Northamptonshire, 20/69 (checked) (Article). SNN70122.

<4> JACKSON D., 1974, Two New Pit Alignments: 2. A New Pit Alignment and A Hoard of Currency Bars at Gretton, Northamptonshire, 9/33 (checked) (Journal). SNN106754.

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Sep 7 2017 12:31PM