Monument record 951 - Possible Bronze Age Funerary Site and Iron Age/Roman settlement, north of Norton Lodge

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Summary

Two sub-circular ring ditches were identified as cropmarks on aerial photography. Subsequent geophysical survey has identified a complex of rectilinear and sub-circular enclosures and further ring ditches, some of which may be roundhouses.

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{2} Geophysical survey revealed a complex of archaeological features across much of the field. At the eastern edge of the field is a series of enclosures which appear to form part of the organised, well laid out, ribbon development associated with the alignment of the Roman Road.

Towards the centre of the field is another extensive complex of enclosures orientated along the same alignment as those further to the east. One enclosure appears to contain a roundhouse and possibly other structures. The features could be interpreted as a farmstead surrounded by an inland field system. Excavation of a surface within the enclosure revealed a Late Iron Age/Pre-Roman Conquest period of activity at the site.
Several pens or paddocks of various sizes were also recorded spread across the field. These features appear to be unrelated to any of others previously discussed in the field and probably indicate a change in agricultural regime in the late Roman land use pattern, perhaps associated with sheep rearing and wool trade which is known to have been important in the locality.

{4} Trial trench excavation was undertaken in 2022. Four trenches, two either side of the of the B4036, identified archaeological evidence characterised by a series of recti-linear enclosures with smaller circular and rectangular enclosures suggesting a well-established Iron Age/ Roman landscape.


<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Young, S. & Kay, F., 2019, Geophysical survey of hinterland fields adjacent to Watling Street to the North West of the Posting Station of Bannaventa, Norton, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111380.

<3> Robertson, F, 2005, Geophysical Survey Report: Land to the North-East of Daventry (Report). SNN112962.

<4> Newman, J, 2022, Daventry North-East, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation, https://doi.org/10.5284/1115961 (Report). SNN114783.

<5> Cotswold Archaeology, 2023, Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Daventry North-East, Northamptonshire, September-October 2022, https://doi.org/10.5284/1116724 (Digital archive). SNN116202.

<6> Crank, N. (Editor), 2023, South Midlands Archaeology (53), P. 56 (Journal). SNN116414.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph(s): Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs.
  • <2> Report: Young, S. & Kay, F.. 2019. Geophysical survey of hinterland fields adjacent to Watling Street to the North West of the Posting Station of Bannaventa, Norton, Northamptonshire. CLASP Fieldwork Reports. 2/19. CLASP.
  • <3> Report: Robertson, F. 2005. Geophysical Survey Report: Land to the North-East of Daventry. GSB Geophysical Survey Report. GSB Prospection.
  • <4> Report: Newman, J. 2022. Daventry North-East, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cotswold Archaeology Reports. MK0761_2. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1115961.
  • <5> Digital archive: Cotswold Archaeology. 2023. Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Daventry North-East, Northamptonshire, September-October 2022. https://doi.org/10.5284/1116724. ads Collection: 5547. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1116724.
  • <6> Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2023. South Midlands Archaeology (53). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 53. C.B.A.. P. 56.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6054 6510 (662m by 301m)
Civil Parish NORTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 23 2024 3:14PM

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