Find Spot record 5545/0/5 - Unstratified Romano-British Pottery

Roman pottery was found during fieldwalking in 1975 indicating the site of a possible settlement.

{1} Fieldname: Black Pits.

{2} Roman pottery found by fieldwalking at SP674765.

{3} Roman Settlement (?) (SP 674765), N of Lodge Farm, in the N of the parish, on sand and gravel at about 160m above OD. Roman pottery was discovered during field-walking in 1975.

{4} A Romano-British site has been claimed to exist in the field called `Blackpits' although a survey carried out in 1981 found no evidence of such a settlement.

{5} [It is possible that the site is to be found located closer to the two sherds found at (SP 68707648)].

{6} (SP 674765). A Romano-British site has been claimed to exist in the field called `Blackpits' although a survey carried out in 1981 found no evidence of such a settlement.

<1> 1840, Thornby Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN12588.

<2> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, 10/163 (checked) (Report). SNN41605.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.187 site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Hall, D and Martin, P, 1981, Thornby Parish Survey, p. 36 (Article). SNN112439.

<5> ORAL REPORT, Inf Jones, E. Northants SMR (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<6> SHAW M., 1981, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (11), 11/p. 36 (Interim Note). SNN4269.

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