SNN111040 - Late Iron Age settlement and a medieval windmill north of Brick Kiln Road, Raunds

Excavation on land north of Brick Kiln Road, Raunds uncovered a late Iron Age unenclosed farmstead. The domestic area included a roundhouse ring ditch and two ancillary ring ditches. A separate livestock zone comprised of a much maintained rectangular enclosure and field system. The ring ditches and enclosure went out of use sometime before AD 100 although a linear boundary ditch survived longer. In the medieval period the site was under plough and was located near the parish boundary of Raunds and Ringstead. The late Iron Age boundary ditch was respected into the medieval period, with a headland in roughly the same location, with a medieval post mill located on the headland. This post mill ceased to be used before the 18th century as it does not appear on the historic maps. Another nearby post mill trial trenched in the 1990s is also described.