Monument record 2218 - Iron Age & Romano-British Settlement

Four linear ditches and three ring ditches were identified on aerial photographs in 1969. Further cropmarks were identified during the Northamptonshire NMP project including pits and probable enclosures. Finds of Roman pottery and building materials indicate the possible site of a Roman settlement.

{1} Fieldwalking recovered Romano-British pot sherds at TL050880 in 1971.

{2} Linear ditches and possible Roman settlement (centred TL 049879), between and N of TL 08 NW 61. Four linear ditches, all roughly parallel orientated E-W and traceable for only 120 m. lie in the area of the ring ditches but do not intersect them. Within the same field Roman pottery and building material as well as a small quantity of pottery, apparently Iron Age have been found.

{5} Oundle, TL048879. Circle and parallel ditch lines.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1972, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1971, 7/30 (checked) (Journal). SNN59984.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.70 Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: TL0487/025-26 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<4> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Inf J A Hadman (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<5> Brown A.E. (Ed.), 1970, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1969 (Air Photography), 4/32 (Article). SNN58608.

<6> 1982, Aerial Photography in Northamptonshire 1981, 17/107 (Journal). SNN104561.

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Feb 7 2025 2:27PM