Monument record 1770/1 - Iron Age to Roman Settlement, Lime Street

In 2002 part of an Iron Age/Roman settlement was excavated in advance of residential development at Lime Street. Iron Age evidence included a round house set within an enclosure with adjacent pits. Roman remains comprised a rectangular enclosure and ditch.

{2} Excavation was undertaken in 2001. While the archaeological remains primarily related to the medieval period [HER no 1624/15] there was part of an Iron Age settlement of unknown extent at the northern end of the site. Three pits produced pottery datable to the middle Iron Age, but the main evidence comprised a roundhouse ring ditch, 10m in diameter, set within a small concentric enclosure of later Iron Age date (1st century BC- early 1st century AD). Subsequent Roman activity is less clear, but it comprised a small rectangular enclosure and a parallel ditch, and a cluster of small pits to the south. In addition, there was a background scatter of residual Roman pottery in the medieval features and deposits. The pottery and the coins indicate that the Roman activity spanned the 2nd to 4th centuries.

<1> Atkins R.; Lloyd R., 2002, Excavations at Lime Street, Irthlingborough, 2001, assessment and updated project design (Report). SNN102097.

<2> Chapman, A. Atkins, R. & Lloyd, R., 2003, A Medieval Manorial Farm at Lime Street, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire (Article). SNN112181.

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