Find Spot record 2228/0/1 - Probable Romano-British Settlement, Thorpe Fox Covert

Fieldwalking survey prior to 1965 found Roman pottery and limestone rubble suggesting the site of a possible settlement. A Romano-British mortarium and a stone road of uncertain date were found.

{1} Roman settlement (TL 037812) around Thorpe Fox Covert on a patch of River Gravel at 110 ft above OD. Roman pottery and limestone rubble have been found over a wide area.

{2} Romano-British mortaria sherds found a few years prior to 1965. Pot in Kettering Museum. TL037812.

{3} (TL 037812) Fragments of an RB mortarium found a few years prior to 1965 by Mr D Beely, 14 Dryden Cose, Titchmarsh. In WestfieldMuseum, Kettering.

{4} TL 036811 Thorpe Fox Covert. Stone road of uncertain date running east-west, and sherds of a mortarium.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.95/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL08SW40 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Kettering Museum Records, Corr 6" FV Lyall 1970 (Catalogue). SNN28658.

<4> Moore W.R.G., 1968, Roman Settlement in the Upper and Middle Nene Valley, p. 70 (Uncertain). SNN15188.

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