Monument record 4946/0/17 - Late Roman Building, Duston Roman Town (Site 2, Trenches A/B/C)

Archaeological excavations undertaken in the 1970s identified the remains of a stone building with a drying oven or malting kiln inside it. There were also two inhumations inside the building

{1} Double burial lay just to south-west of stone building revealed during topsoil stripping.

{2, 3} This is soon replaced by a simple stone founded rectangular building 11.5m long by 6m wide in Phase 5 (late 3rd-late 4th century AD) of Trench E. This building, with its long axis orientated north west-south east lay perpendicular to the course of the main road and was set some 50m back from it (4946/0/9). A small malting kiln or drying oven lay in its interior, as did two inhumations, though the stratigraphic relationship of the latter to the house was uncertain. The inhumations appeared to be aligned on a probable enclosure ditch that was cut in the 4th century.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.254 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Taylor J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Duston (Roman), Section 3.3 Buildings (Report). SNN103115.

<3> Taylor J., 2002, Duston Notes from John Williams archive on the Duston Excavation, p. 2 (Notes). SNN103376.

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