Monument record 3212 - Possible site of Roman activity

Antiquarian reports of a possible Roman bath house found to the rear of the Green Dragon Inn and a lamp near the church

{1} There is also an unsatisfactory record of Roman buildings, said to be baths, having been discovered 'in the easterly part of the Castle grounds', and of a possible Roman lamp being found near the church;

{2} "Making some excavations in that portion of the Castle Yard which is contiguous to the church and at the back of The Green Dragon what were considered thermae were disclosed".

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.55/Site 4 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Whellan, 1874, History, Topography & Directory of Northamptonshire, p.917; (unchecked) (Book). SNN1002.

<3> George T.J., 1904, An Archaeological Survey of Northamptonshire, p.17 (unchecked) (Index). SNN10170.

<4> COLE J., 1838, The History and Antiquities of Higham Ferrers (With Notes on Rushden and Irthlingborough), (unchecked) (Book). SNN71019.

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