Monument record 5684 - Site of Iron Age and Roman settlement, Ellands Farm

A site initially identified as a series of cropmarks on aerial photography. Geophysical survey and trial trench evaluation in 2005 identified an area of 1st and 2nd century AD Roman settlement, largely comprising enclosures covering c3ha. To the east was an area of less well-defined mid-late Iron Age settlement mostly comprising curvilinear gullies and pits/postholes.

{1} Geophysical survey and trial trench excavation undertaken in 2005. The geophysical survey identified an area of rectilinear enclosures which was confirmed by trial trench excavation to be of 1st-2nd century AD Roman date covering an area of c3ha. Finds included rotary quern and mortar fragments, charred cereals and animal bones. The trial trench excavation also identified a less well-defined area of mid-late Iron Age settlement to the east which largely comprised curvilinear gullies (possibly round house gullies) and pits/postholes. This may have been an unenclosed settlement. The Iron Age features were not identified by the geophysical survey.

{2} Find spot, small Roman pottery and tile scatter overlying IA / Roman settlement, Ellands Farm, including NVCC (3 sherds, base, rim and body, 5 greyware sherdsshel gritted sherds, 2 orange fine wares, 1 base and 1 with 2 horizontal cordons and 3 tile fragments

<1> MORRIS S., 2005, Archaeological Evaluation (Geophysical Survey and Trial Trenching Phases), Ellands Farm, Hemington, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN105329.

<2> David Hall, Fieldwalking in Northamptonshire, Hemington, Site 4 (Archive). SNN116901.

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Oct 1 2026 2:55PM