Monument record 814/0/1 - Romano-British settlement features, Brigstock Bypass

Archaeological observation undertaken during the construction of the Brigstock Bypass identified a small settlement predominantly Roman in date, although small quantities of Iron Age and Saxon pottery were also found. Little archaeological investigation could be undertaken but numerous drainage ditches, as well as hearths or corn drying ovens were noted.

{1} A watching brief in 1985 during soil-stripping for the Brigstock Bypass revealed a new Roman agricultural settlement some 500 NE of the village church. A small quantity of Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon pottery was also found.

{2} A watching brief was undertaken during the construction of the Brigstock Bypass. A small quantity of Iron Age pottery (scored ware) was found as residual material in Roman contexts. Jackson hypothesises that there was possible Iron Age occupation occuring nearby on the same piece of land - perhaps on the adjacent gravel-sand outcrop. A Roman settlement was identified. No actual buildings, or floor levels were noted, but robber trenches and postholes were unlikely to be detected under the conditions. Building stone had been used on the site however, and there were numerous drainage ditches as well as features such as hearths or corn drying ovens.The occupation seemed to extend over a long period of time. Much of the pottery recovered from the site was late Roman in date. There was also a few sherds of Anglo-Saxon pottery. "It is tempting to see this new site as a settlement from which Brigstock derived."

<1> Dix B.(ed), 1986-7, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1985-6, 21/154 (checked) (Report). SNN100334.

<2> Jackson, D., 1985, Archaeological Work on the Brigstock Bypass, 1985, (checked) (Report). SNN45726.

<3> Rees G., 2008, Enclosure Boundaries and Settlement Individuality in The Iron Age, (unchecked) (Article). SNN106040.

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