Find Spot record 2292 - Romano-British pottery scatter

Fieldwalking in May 1965 identified a stone area with Romano-British pottery. Further finds have since been made in the area.

{1} Fieldwalking in May 1965 identified a stone area with Romano-British pot sherds, including colour-coated wares and Romano-British tile fragments. A total of 6 sherds were recovered. Subsequently more pottery, limestone rubble and roof tiles have been discovered.

(2) OS give SP99428256 as the grid reference.

{4}Roman pottery and building (?) debris.

{5} Listed as a Roman villa.

{6} Dennis Jackson stated that the total finds from this spot numbered "about half a dozen sherds only". The site has recently been ploughed but no finds were made.

{7} SP 99428256. RB sherds including 4th century Castor ware found by D. Jackson May 1965.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.5/Site 15 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98SE17 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Jackson D., 1970, Fieldwork and Excavation in North Eastern Northamptonshire, p.39 (unchecked) (Article). SNN4821.

<4> WHITWELL J.B., 1982, The Coritani: Some Aspects of the Iron Age Tribe and the Roman Civitas, 182 (Monograph). SNN58533.

<5> Scott, E., 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, p. 139, NH 2 (Monograph). SNN110345.

<6> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 FDC 08-OCT-69 (Note). SNN111452.

<7> Northampton Museum 6 Inch Map, Northampton Museum 6" (PGC) (Map). SNN10162.

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Feb 7 2025 2:28PM