SNN111729 - A Late Iron Age trackway and settlement south of Towcester Road, Old Stratford
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Type | Article |
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Title | A Late Iron Age trackway and settlement south of Towcester Road, Old Stratford |
Author/Originator | Morris, S. |
Date/Year | 2019 |
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) | 05/11/2019 |
Abstract/Summary
MOLA carried out an open area excavation on land south of Towcester Road, Old Stratford. A Late Iron Age complex, dating to the 1st century BC to early 1st century AD, comprised a length of trackway flanked by minor domestic settlement. The trackway was later partially blocked, perhaps the creation of a stock control feature, with a new domestic focus immediately adjacent. The trackway eventually fell out of use, although some of the existing boundaries were respected by new boundary ditches, perhaps denoting a shift from pastoral to arable farming. Domestic activity ceased in the early to mid-1st century AD, prior to the arrival of Roman pottery forms. It is suggested that the trackway and the associated domestic settlement was part of a larger late Iron Age estate. The tight dating is based on a relatively large assemblage of diagnostic late Iron Age pottery. A few crucible fragments indicate that bronze casting was also practised.
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1083467 (Link to article on ADS)
Description
p. 107-117
Location
NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team HER Library
Referenced Monuments (1)
- 1236/0/4 Late Iron Age occupation and field systems, south of Towcester Road (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- ENN108073 Land south of Towcester Road, 2015 (Excavation) (Ref: 17/113)
Record last edited
Jan 19 2021 11:55AM