Monument record 1289 - Possible Iron Age, Romano-British & Saxon Settlement

Cropmarks of probable Iron Age, Roman and Saxon settlement. Finds of Iron Age and Roman date have also been made. Summary from record 1289/0/0: Roman coin found in Boughton

{1} Roman settlement (?) (SP 763655) lies in and around the deserted medieval settlement of Boughton Green,on Northampton Sand at 105m above OD. Roman pottery, found in 1969, is recorded from immediately S of the green (SP 762653). More, including Nene Valley type wares was discovered on the green itself in 1976 and a coin of Faustina was found in 1977.

{6} The Northamptonshire NMP project identified a series of conjoined rectlinear enclosures.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.16 Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Roman), 4/16 (checked) (Article). SNN100535.

<3> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1978, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977, 13/180 (checked) (Journal). SNN2192.

<4> Sea, S R, 1988, Roman coins and their Values, p. 170 (Book). SNN113409.

<5> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: 7665/26-28 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<7> Moore W.R.G., 1968, Roman Settlement in the Upper and Middle Nene Valley, p. 47 (Uncertain). SNN15188.

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