Monument record 4974/1/2 - Late Iron Age/Early Romano-British Pottery Kilns

Rescue excavation undertaken in 1967-8 during the construction of Hardingstone Primary School found evidence of up to seven pottery kilns dating to the late iron Age/early Roman period. A network of ditches and gullies was also excavated

{1} Excavation, undertaken in 1967-68. 4 pottery kilns and possibly 3 more, as well as a network of ditches and gullies. Dated from pre-Belgic Iron Age to mid-late C1st AD. Finds of Iron Age, Belgic and Romano-British pot sherds, kiln debris, along with a bronze brooch, an iron brooch, part of a rotary quern and animal bones. An undated inhumation burial was found close to one of the kilns. Excavated by P. J. Woods before construction of the primary school in Martin's Lane Hardingstone SP764574.

{6} Trial trench evaluation in 2016 found no evidence of the features identified during the construction of the school in the 1960s suggesting significant truncation of the site.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.270/Site 4a (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1967, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1966/67 (Roman), p.10-11 (unchecked) (Article). SNN58197.

<3> 1967, Unpublished Report, (checked)? (Unpublished Report). SNN55200.

<4> Correspondence, (checked)? (Correspondence). SNN55201.

<5> WOODS P.J., 1969, Excavations at Hardingstone in Northamptonshire 1967-8, (unchecked) (Report). SNN46636.

<6> Clements, P., 2016, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land for the Hardingstone Academy extension Hardingstone, Northamptonshire April 2016 (Report). SNN110690.

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