Monument record 6489 - Probable Early Middle Saxon Settlement

Concentrations of Saxon pottery found during fieldwalking surveys indicate location of settlement.

{1} Four separate concentrations of early middle Saxon pottery were identified, including one of c.3ha on the east side of field WR3. In no case was there certainty that the limits of the concentrations had been recognised, but all were sufficient to suggest settlement. Given the long time span however these need not have been contemporaneous and a pattern of short-lived, shifting settlements is likely.
79 sherds of early middle Saxon pottery and 76 sherds of medieval pottery were recovered. The concentration of early middle Saxon material was discovered in the eastern half of the field.

{2} Fieldwalking survey in 1991 identified a large amount of Saxon sherds, grey black in colour with grit and mica inclusions with some vegetable inclusions.

<1> Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit, 1993, A605 Warmington Bypass and Tansor Improvements: Archaeological Evaluation 1991-1993, p.19-20, 27 (checked) (Report). SNN70164.

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

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