Monument record 9219/0/0 - Site of Roman activity, north of Causin Way

Site visible on aerial photographs as dark soilmark. Subsequent fieldwalking identified a thick scatter of Roman pottery and possible building stone DNH Database: Benefield/Site 11: Settlement (Significant find scatter)

{1} Soilmarks visible on aerial photographs; dark soil and possible enclosures, though indistinct; G Foard (21/1/1980);NCCAP:SP9687/8+11+13;

{2} Fieldwalking survey in 1982; limestone rubble and Roman pottery including Samian and colour-coated ware; area defined;

{3} Large site with very dark soil, pebbles etc. Samian and colour-coated sherds, some as half vessels. Cannot have been ploughed in the Middle Ages. Lot of charcoal wood clearance patches of unknown date.

{5} A roughly circular area of black soil 25m in diameter is covered with lumps of limestone rubble and quantities of Roman pottery;

<1> FOARD G.R., 1980, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN51152.

<2> HALL D.N., 1982, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN50736.

<3> Hall D.N., 1960-1999, Rockingham Forest Project: Archaeological Sites Recorded by David Hall, Benefield/Site 11 (Database). SNN102279.

<4> Jackson D., 1970, Fieldwork and Excavation in North Eastern Northamptonshire, p.39 (unchecked) (Article). SNN4821.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.16/Site 1 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<6> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN10162.

Record last edited

May 25 2018 2:15PM