Monument record 3141/1/11 - Probable Romano-British Road

{1}{2} Other evidence on the line of the postulated Roman road has been seen near Beanfield Lawn at SP864881. A length of limestone slabs (in size about 12 ins x 9 ins x 2 ins) about 12 ft wide and at least 150 yds long. Only a single layer of stone was found, with extensive scattering due to ploughing. A camber was evident. Much Roman pottery was also found at this point.
Observations by R. Cross at Glyndebourne Gardens also revealed what seemed to be a roadway of limestone, 11-12ft wide, running approximately north-south and lying to the east of the A6003. A section drawn by him shows a layer of stones 3-5 ins thick resting on sandy clay, also 3-5 ins thick, which in turn lay on yellow clay.

{3} At SP864881 a length of limestone slabs, 4m wide and at least 15m long, associated with Roman pottery.

<1> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Roman), 4/11 (checked) (Article). SNN100535.

<2> Brown A.E., 1970, A Gazetteer of Prehistoric and Roman Sites and Finds in The Welland Valley, Northamptonshire, 4/58-9 (checked) (Article). SNN38939.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.24 11/c (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

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