Monument record 2087/0/52 - Iron Age Settlement, east of Coneygree Plantation

Iron Age pits containing pottery and bone. Roman pottery also found. A complex series of enclosures are visible on aerial photographs.

{1} Iron Age Settlement (SP 813599). Air photographs (CUP, BJC 61–3 and in NMR) show a complex series of enclosures and ditches. Surface finds from the area include Iron Age pottery, some of Hunsbury type, associated with numerous pits.

{7} Fieldwalking survey undertaken in 1960 identified pits with Iron Age pottery with curvilinear decoration of Hunsbury Type, Iron Age bones, pebbles and Roman pottery.

[Fieldname: Stoney Field]

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.86/Site 12 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Northamptonshire Archaeology, 7/56 (Journal). SNN55409.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP85NW24 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> HOLLOWELL R., 1971, Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in the Upper Nene Valley, 6/15/SITE 7 (Journal). SNN106546.

<5> Foard G.; Richardson D., 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982 (Aerial Photography), p182 Little Houghton (Checked) (Notes). SNN100412.

<6> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1983, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982, 18/182 (unchecked) (Article). SNN24591.

<7> Northampton Museum Topographical Index, Site List (unchecked) (Index). SNN1470.

<8> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP8159/1+20-25 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Aug 27 2024 2:29PM