Find Spot record 8341 - Possible Iron Age/Romano-British Settlement, Alderton Mount

Archaeological investigations at Alderton Mount have identified numerous sherds of residual Iron Age and Romano-British pottery indicating some form of settlement was located nearby.

{1} Residual Iron Age and Roman pottery was seen in all of the trial trenches.
An old ground surface and layers of probable hill wash contained 1 possible Iron Age and 1 early/middle Saxon sherd, possibly indicating earlier activity on the site.

{3} A background scatter of Roman and early-middle Saxon pottery on the site suggests that there was both Roman and Saxon activity in the area.

{5} As in the previous season there was a background scatter of Roman and early-middle Saxon pottery on the site.

{7} High quality Roman artefacts found.

{8} 1 sherd of Iron Age pottery and 2 sherds of Roman pottery, one with lattice decoration, were found in badger sett spoil.

<1> Hirst, K., 2006, An Archaeological Investigation at The Mount, Alderton, Northamptonshire, (checked) (Report). SNN106479.

<2> Blinkhorn P.; Curteis M.; Deighton K.; Hylton T.; Hegarty C., 2002, The Mount, Alderton, Northamptonshire, (checked) (Report). SNN102584.

<3> Upson-Smith T., 2009, Archaeological Excavation at the Mount, Alderton July-August 2009: Assessment report and proposals for further excavation, p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN106547.

<4> Upson-Smith T., 2009, The Mount, Alderton: talk by Tim Upson-Smith of Northamptonshire Archaeology, (checked) (Lecture Notes). SNN106884.

<5> Upson-Smith T., 2010, Archaeological Excavation at The Mount, Alderton, July-August 2010: Assessment Report and Proposals for Further Excavation (Draft), p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN107103.

<6> Cadman, G., 2010, Alderton Mount, (checked) (Note). SNN107040.

<7> 2011, Alderton Mount, Northamptonshire, (checked) (Article). SNN107375.

<8> Cadman, G.E., 1998, SMR Report Form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49939.

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