SNN60159 - The Defences of Towcester, Northamptonshire
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| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | The Defences of Towcester, Northamptonshire |
| Author/Originator | Woodfield C. |
| Date/Year | 1992 |
Abstract/Summary
Fragmentary traces of earlier occupation from the conquest to the Antonine periods were swept away when Towcester was defended by a contemporary stone wall and wide bank of c170AD.
External Links (2)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1083207 (Link to article on ADS)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1083220 (Link to microfiche on ADS)
Description
Location
NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library
Referenced Monuments (27)
- 727/3 Bury Mount (Monument)
- 727/2/8 Civil War Defences (Monument)
- 727/10/4 Civil War Defences (Monument)
- 727/2/5 Civil war defensive ditch (Monument)
- 726/4/16 Early Roman defensive bank (Monument)
- 726/0/109 Early Roman timber buildings (Monument)
- 727/0/0 Early Saxon finds (Monument)
- 726/0/111 Late Iron Age/ early Roman settlement features (Monument)
- 727/2/3 Late Saxon defensive ditch (Monument)
- 727/2/7 Medieval Defences (Monument)
- 727/2/2 Medieval Defences and Drainage Ditches (Monument)
- 727/10/5 Possible Civil War defensive features (Monument)
- 727/2/4 Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Defensive Ditch & Bank (Monument)
- 726/0/42 Possible Romano-British Ditch (Monument)
- 726/4/13 Roman Defences (Monument)
- 726/4/9 Roman Defences Adjacent Bury Mount (Monument)
- 726/4/1 Roman Defences at Lactodorum: north-west corner (Monument)
- 726/4/15 Roman Defensive Ditch (Monument)
- 726/4/7 Roman Town defences: NE corner (Monument)
- 726/4/21 Romano-British Town Defences (Monument)
- 727/2 Saxon to medieval town defences (Monument)
- 726/24/2 Temple Floor (Monument)
- 726/24/1 Temple Wall (Monument)
- 726/4 Towcester Roman Town Defences (Monument)
- 726/4/10 Town wall foundation trench (Monument)
- 726/0/100 Uncertain Roman features (Monument)
- 6045/1/0 Unstratified Prehistoric Flints (Find Spot)
Referenced Events (8)
- ENN5729 Bury Mount, 1984 (Excavation) (Ref: 6948058)
- ENN5731 Cinema site, Towcester 1984 (Trial trench) (Ref: 6948060)
- ENN5798 GPO Telephone Exchange, 1967 (Watching brief) (Ref: 6948125)
- ENN5799 Medieval defences, Towcester (Ref: 6948126)
- ENN103151 Texaco Filling Station, 1982 (Observation)
- ENN104794 Towcester Mill and Trading (TMT) Co., 1985 (Trial trench)
- ENN104793 Towcester Mill and Trading Co., 1984 (Trial trench)
- ENN5730 Watching Brief, 1983 (Ref: 6948060)
Record last edited
May 9 2025 3:34PM
