Monument record 4134 - Roman Settlement & Possible Funerary Site

Cropmarks and finds suggest a settlement covering 50 hectares. An enclosure, ditches and gullies have been found with 2nd to 4th century pottery, querns, flue and roof tiles and animal bones. [see individual records for details]

{1} Features and finds associated with cropmarks; numerous scattered Romano-British features and finds recovered during development of the Beanfield Estate in the late 1950s. This may represent one large settlement.

{2} Evidence of a Roman settlement on the Beanfield Estate (Corby New town), accumulating over an area of half a mile square. The late R Cross has left notes, drawings and pottery with Corby Archaeol Soc.

{8} The area of these finds is now part of Corby New Town - the Beanfield Estate; nothing of significence was seen in the area. The quern-stone and c. 50. potsherds are in Mr Seaborne's possession {4}.
Evidence of a Roman settlement on the Beanfield Estate (Corby New town), accumulating over an area of half a mile square. The late R Cross has left notes, drawings and pottery with Corby Archaeol Soc.

{9} Watching brief undertaken during the development of the estate identified a road extending northwards from the area of Roman activity to Gartree Road. It was believed to be Roman, but no further detail provided. [Plan]

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.24/Site 11 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Brown A.E., 1970, A Gazetteer of Prehistoric and Roman Sites and Finds in The Welland Valley, Northamptonshire, p. 58-9 (Article). SNN38939.

<3> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, AP (RAF VAP F21 540/RAF/1312, 0103-4) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<4> Woodhouse, W C, 1960, Field Investigators Comments, Recorder WCW 15-JUN-1960 (Note). SNN113151.

<5> Annotated Record Map, Corr. 6" (M. Seaborne, 1958-60) (Map). SNN112961.

<6> Annotated Record Map, Northampton Mus. 6" (Anon, udtd) (Map). SNN112961.

<7> ORAL REPORT, Oral Mr M Seaborne, Corby, Hon Corr (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<8> Brown A.E., 1970, A Gazetteer of Prehistoric and Roman Sites and Finds in The Welland Valley, Northamptonshire, p. 58-9 (Article). SNN38939.

<9> Brown, G, Undated, Beanfield Lawn Estate (Note). SNN115495.

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Feb 7 2025 2:56PM