Monument record 3400 - Iron Age Settlement

Iron Age pottery and enclosures indicate settlement

{1} (SP828584) AP taken by R Hollowell in 1969 shows marks of ditched enclosures. (Nothing visible on available APs OS 1965). Early IA sites at SP828582 and 828584.

{2} 3 ditches, sherds and ? bone needle.

{3] Mr Hollowell confirmed the sitings and said the sherds were lost but the bone implement is now in Northampton Museum.

{4} Iron Age settlement (SP 828584) on both sides of the main A 428 road, SE of the village, on Boulder Clay at 99 m. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show a large rectangular enclosure with a group of irregular ditches and enclosures attached to it on the NW. Pits and ditches containing Iron Age pottery have been noted on the ground around and to the S of these cropmarks.

<1> Northampton Museum Records (Uncertain). SNN126.

<2> HOLLOWELL R., 1967, Air Photography in 1967 (Journal). SNN16976.

<3> Seaman, B H, 1970, Field Investigator's Comments, 8-SEP-70 (Notes). SNN111541.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, Page 7 (Series). SNN77380.

<5> Brown, A E (ed), 1971, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies, Page 4 (Journal). SNN13960.

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Feb 7 2025 2:38PM