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 a 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 curvi-linear 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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Jul 20 2026 2:16PM