SNN103879 - Excavation of an Iron Age Settlement at Wilby Way, Great Doddington

Archaeological excavation of a site in the parish of Great Doddington to the south of Wellingborough revealed part of a large Iron Age settlement site, of which approximately 4 hectares was excavated. Evidence indicates that the settlement was founded in the 6th or 5th century BC and continued in use until its abandonment in the 1st century BC. It appears to have been surrounded by a field system, and probably formed part of an extensive Iron Age landscape as evidenced by previous Iron Age discoveries in the vicinity of Wellingborough. Limited evidence for Iron Age ironworking, craftwork and ritual activity, and of localised Neolithic/Early Bronze Age activity, was also recovered.