Monument record 3064 - Romano-British Industrial Site and building

Fieldwalking pre 1970 recovered Romano-British C2nd and C3rd pottery sherds including Samian, kiln wasters, and fired clay. May indicate the site of pottery kilns.

{1} Roman Building and Kilns (SP 91129260). A small area covered with fragments of roof tile and Nene Valley type pottery, found in 1970, indicates a small building. Earlier discoveries a little to the S.E. (SP 912925) include 2nd or 3rd-century pottery, some of it kiln wasters, as well as samian ware, and pieces of burnt clay, perhaps from a kiln dome.

{2} Possible second find as further pot sherds were given to Kettering Museum.

{3} SP 912925. Possible Roman kilns were uncovered during the clearance of Lenton's Wood about 1960. Second and third century pottery (samian, grey and colour-coated ware and mortarium fragments); one or two twisted pot bases and irregular side fragments, possibly kiln wasters; and a few pieces of burnt clay dome covering material were found. At SP 90689262 (A) and SP 91129260 (B) Roman pottery and fragments of tegulae have been found. Finds now in Westfield Museum, Kettering.

{8} Both sites full on ploughland. At 'B' a small area of roofing tile and a few sherds of grey and Castor ware suggesting the site of a small building. At 'A' nothing was to be seen. Mr Spendlove was not available for consultation.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Brown A.E., 1970, A Gazetteer of Prehistoric and Roman Sites and Finds in The Welland Valley, Northamptonshire, 4/61 (Article). SNN38939.

<3a> ORAL REPORT, W Spendlove Manor Farm Gretton (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<3> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, 5/19 (Journal). SNN13960.

<4> Kettering Museum Records, Accessions File 1970 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN28658.

<5> Kettering Museum Records, Letter 4/2/1971 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN28658.

<6> Kettering Museum Records, 6" Map/Site List (F V Lyall Und) (Catalogue). SNN28658.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP99SW7 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<8> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, F1 BHS 19-MAR-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<9> Scott, E., 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, p. 144, NH 57 (Monograph). SNN110345.

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 2:35PM