Monument record 4200/0/1 - Possible Romano-British Settlement

Romano-British potsherds found between 1955-60.

{1} Fieldwalking in the late 1950s identified Romano-British pot sherds.

{3} [ SP 7125 8674 ] R.B. pottery, etc.

{2} A surface scatter of R.B. potsherds found on the ploughed field in the last five years. [Sherds not kept.]

{3} Four sherds of R.B. pottery, including a small rim-fragment, were found on the surface of this stubble field, by this investigator. (Sherds deposited in Market Harborough Museum). The site is on the western slope of a small hill, near the river Welland. No other finds were made.

{4} Nothing is visible in this area on A.P.s.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP78NW51 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.138/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Annotated Record Map, Corr. 6" (G. R. LEE, 1956-9) (Map). SNN112961.

<4> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Oral: MR. G. R. LEE, Hon. Corr., Market Harborough (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<5> Woodhouse, W C, 1960, Field Investigators Comments, F1 WCW 02-MAR-1960 (Note). SNN113151.

<6> Palmer, RC, 1968, Field investigators comments, F2 RCP 21-FEB-1968 (Notes). SNN115484.

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 2:57PM