Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement along the Empingham to Hannington pipeline in Northamptonshire and Rutland / Simon Carlyle, Jason Clarke and Andy Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlyle, Simon, author.

Contributor:

Clarke, Jason, 1969- editor.

Chapman, Andy, 1951- editor.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northamptonshire (England)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017]

Summary:

Reports on excavations by Northamtonshire Archaeology (now MOLA) in the south-east Midlands region; Nineteen sites were investigated, dating primarily to the Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

Background

Topography and geology

Excavation strategy

Structure of the report

Archive

2. Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (c.4000-1450BC)

Neolithic and early Bronze Age activity

Worked flint

3. Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (c.1450-400BC)

A late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment near Seaton

Middle Bronze Age to early Iron Age activity at Glaston

4. Middle to Late Iron Age (400 BC

43 AD)

Middle to late Iron Age settlement near Seaton

Possible ditches 75 and 84

Gully 51

Gullies 14, 18 and 37

Pit group (pits 47, 54, 72, 82 and 88)

Pits 40, 49, 62, 66 and 69

Pits 77 and 80

Pits 5, 7, 25 and 30

Iron Age ditches and a cremation burial near Thorpe by Water

Middle to late Iron Age settlement near Caldecott

Ditches 73 and 38

Features to the south of ditch 73

Pit 44 and posthole 63

Pits and postholes to the north of ditch 73

Ditches to the north of ditch 73

Cobbled surface, 78

Middle to late Iron Age settlement at Swinawe Barn, Corby

The enclosure (ditches 22, 46 and 92)

The roundhouses

Other features

Late Iron Age ditches near Thorpe Malsor

Ditch 18

Ditch 52

Middle to late Iron Age settlement at Willows Nursery

The enclosure ditches, 15 and 39

Other linear ditches

Finds and environment evidence from the Iron Age settlements

The Iron Age pottery

Seaton

Caldecott

Swinawe Barn, Corby

Fabrics

Forms and decoration

Pottery distribution

The assemblage from Roundhouse B

Chronology

Illustrated Iron Age pottery from Swinawe Barn (Fig 4.20)

Thorpe Malsor

Willows Nursery

Fired clay

Swinawe Barn

Faunal and environmental remains from the Iron Age settlements

Human bone

The animal bone

Methodology

Carcass representation and butchery

Species representation and diet

Animal husbandry

Discussion

Charred plant remains

Radiocarbon dating

5. Roman Settlement (AD43

AD450)

Late Roman settlement at Glaston

Roman settlement

Ditch 34

Roman activity near Seaton

A Roman enclosure and cremation burials near Gretton

The Roman enclosure

Roman cremation burials

A Roman pit at Swinawe Barn, Corby

Roman enclosures at Rushton

The enclosure: ditches 12 and 21

The droveway: gullies 5 and 7

Gullies 9 and 17

A Roman ditch system at Violet Lane

Roman settlement near Thorpe Malsor

Earlier features, ditches 61, 63 and 128 and pit 67

The major ditch systems

Pebbled surface 131

The pit group

Other pits/postholes 74, 105 and 121

Roman settlement at White Hill Lodge

A ditched enclosure system

Droveway: ditches 35 and 41

Roman settlement near Great Cransley

Ditch 25

Enclosure 1

Enclosure 2: ditches 13 and 17

Enclosure 3: ditch 11

The trackway: ditches 40 and 31/36

Enclosure 4: ditch 44

Colluvium 58

Finds from the Roman settlement

Roman pottery

The Roman pottery from Thorpe Malsor (Figs 5.21-5.22)

Selected assemblages

Ditch 39 (part of ditch system with ditches 12 and 94, see below)

Ditch 94 (part of ditch system with ditches 12, see above, and 39)

Ditch 112 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 139, 117 and 145)

Ditch 117 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 112, 139 and 145)

Ditch 139 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 112, 117 and 145)

Ditch 145 (part of ditch system with ditches 72, 112, 139 and 117)

Ditch 150 (north end of site, aligned west-east)

Pit 4

Illustrated vessels (Figs 5.21 and 5.22)

Cross-feature joins

Samian ware

The Roman pottery from Great Cransley (Fig 5.23)

Selected Assemblages

Ditch 11, Enclosure 3, southern arm (same as ditch 23)

Ditch 17 (Enclosure 2, southern arm)

Ditch 23 (Enclosure 3, southern arm, same as ditch 7)

Ditch 52 (late boundary, cutting trackway ditches, eastern side)

Pit 29, Enclosure 2

Illustrated vessels (Fig 5.23)

Other sites

Roman fired clay and ceramic building material

Gretton Road

Rushton

White Hill Lodge

Great Cransley

Roman querns

Other Roman finds

Glaston

Coins

Copper alloy objects

Copper casting debris

Iron

Lead

Worked bone

Glass

Faunal and environmental remains from the Roman settlements

Cremation burials from Gretton Road

Infant burial from Thorpe Malsor

The burial of infants during the Roman period in Britain

Animal bone

Conclusions

6. Anglo-Saxon burial and settlement (AD450-650)

An Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery at Glaston

Anglo-Saxon activity at Rushton

Finds from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery and other sites

Anglo-Saxon pottery

Fabric

Chronology and decorative symbolism

The undecorated urns and other vessels

Burial B4 (SF3)

Burial B5 (SF4)

Burial B6 (SF7)

Burial B8 (SF6)

Burial B12 (SF11)

Burial B14 (SF16)

Burial B18

Burial B20 (SF13)

Pit 40

Pit 48 (SF 17)

Topsoil (1)

Field 15:07 (5), SFB

Pit 30

Pit 32

Catalogue of illustrated Anglo-Saxon pottery

The decorated urns

Burial B7 (SF5) (Figs 6.11, 2 & 6.13)

Burial B9 (SF8) (Fig 6.12, 10)

Burial B11 (SF10) (Fig 6.12, 7-9 & 6.14 a, b & c)

Burial B16 (SF 15) (Figs 6.2; 6.11, 1; 6.15 & 6.16)

Other Anglo-Saxon pottery

Subsoil (2)

Ditch 10 (Fig 6.9, 6)

Anglo-Saxon pottery from a watching brief, Field 15:07/4

Other Anglo-Saxon finds

Burial B6 (adult, sex unknown)

Burial B7 (juvenile, 4-5 years, sex unknown)

Burial B9 (juvenile, greater than 10 years old, sex unknown)

Burial B11 (adult and juvenile, sex unknown)

Burial B12 (adult, 15-18 years, sex unknown)

Burial B13 (adult, sex unknown)

Burial B14 (adult, sex unknown)

Burial B16 (adult, probably female)

The beads

Human bone from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery

Fragmentation, completeness and elemental representation

Pyre conditions

Demography

Sex

Pathology

7. Medieval and post-medieval field systems

A field boundary wall and furrows at Normanton Road

A boundary ditch and furrows at Seaton

A ditch and furrows near Thorpe by Water

A stone drain and furrows at Caldecott

Boundary ditches and furrows at Swinawe Barn, Corby

Furrows at other sites

Finds of medieval and post-medieval date

Medieval and post-medieval finds

Cransley

Post-medieval floor tiles

8. Discussion

Project objectives

The late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignment near Seaton

The Iron Age landscape

The Roman rural landscape

The early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery at Glaston

Medieval and post-medieval field systems

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784915353

1784915351