SNN103138 - The Roman Settlement at Kings Meadow Lane, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: Project Design for Post-excavation Assessment

Between August 2002 and March 2003 OA undertook a programme of archaeological work on part of an important Roman roadside settlement at Kings Meadow Lane, Higham Ferrers. The excavations revealed a substantial part of the settlement, including 18 buildings, which formed a ‘domestic core’, along with outlying enclosure systems and small cemeteries. In addition, a shrine defined by a temenos was comprehensively excavated, and produced large quantities of structured finds deposits, including a number of rare votive objects. This formed the second known religious component of the site, as a probable temple building had already been excavated further to the north during earlier excavations in 2001. This document forms a research design for the assessment of the site archive generated by the fieldwork. The document sets out the research framework and proposed methods for the assessment, as prescribed by English Heritage MAP2.