Monument record 1756 - Prehistoric and Romano-British Settlement & Funerary Site, south-west of Ringstead

Extensive area of cropmarks of enclosures, field systems and pits have been identified on aerial photography over a large area. Prehistoric flint and Roman finds have been recovered. Excavation ahead of quarrying in 1971-2 identified a probable round house ring ditch. Further excavations of Roman villa site. See individual records for more information.

{1} Major rescue excavation; Roman corridor villa with five rooms on one side; adjacent was a circular stone building with a tesselated floor replacing an earlier timber structure; inhumations, pot sherds and coins were found; the excavation was undertaken D Jackson in 1971; the building extended beneath the modern road.

{2} An extensive landscape of prehistoric and Roman features was identified by D.Jackson along the gravel terrace of the River Nene to the west of Ringstead village prior to and during gravel extraction between 1970 and 1981. The results of excavations carried out in 1971-2 on Roman buildings have been published elsewhere (Jackson 1980).

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.83 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Parry S. et al, 2006, Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94, p.195-199 (part checked) (Book). SNN105780.

<3> Northamptonshire HER Collection of Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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