Monument record 1044 - Late Iron Age & Romano-British Settlement

Iron Age and Roman sherds and building stone indicate the site of a possible settlement or villa.

{1} Roman pottery scatter. Mapped area defined by David Hall. The published Grid Ref of SP700755 is incorrect. Info from D. Hall.

{2} Fieldwork Report by Higham Ferrers Hundred Group (D.N.Hall). Several acres of Roman sherds and building stone occurred at SP700755.

{3} Two Roman coins found by metal detecting and identified by Mark Curteis, Northampton Museum.

{4} SP700755. A Roman site covering several acres was discovered during a parish survey. There are dark occupation areas littered with building stone, pot sherds etc. The site lies in two main concentrations, one yielding a few sherds of possible late Iron Age date.

{5} A large area of Roman pottery, building stone and patches of dark soil has been discovered.

{6} SP 69917549; 21 coins ranging from a worn sestertius of Hadrian and a denarius of Antoninius pius to a Magnetian copy, a silver ring, a probable nail cleaner and part of a fibula brooch. Found 1988 and 1989 by RFJ Kings. An illegible coin of Victorinus was also subsequently found in 1991 by R.F.J. Kings.

{8} Listed in gazetteer of Roman villas

<1> HALL D.N., Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN50548.

<2> Rowley R.T.; Fowler W.J. (Editors), 1974, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (4), p.27 (checked) (Newsletter). SNN17341.

<3> Curteis M., 1994, SMR Report Form & Catalogue, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49390.

<4> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1974, Archaeology In Northamptonshire 1973, p.89 (checked) (Article). SNN9109.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.54 Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<6> Curteis M., 1992, Archaeology in Northamptonshire: Notes From Northampton Museum, p.114 (checked) (Chapter). SNN106204.

<7> Musgrave E.C.; Tingle M. (editors), 1991, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1990, p.109-10 Cottesbrooke (checked) (Article). SNN100325.

<8> Scott, E., 1993, A gazetteer of Roman villas in Britain, p. 142, NH 30 (Monograph). SNN110345.

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Apr 25 2025 4:04PM