Early Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman settlement at Monksmoor Farm, Daventry, Northamptonshire / / Tracy Preece ; with contributions by Rob Atkins [and seven others] ; illustrations by Olly Dindol and Rob Reed.

• Superior document: Archaeopress Archaeology
• VerfasserIn: Preece, Tracy,
• TeilnehmendeR: Dindol, Olly,; Reed, Rob,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (94 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps, plans.

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) has undertaken archaeological work at Monksmoor Farm on the north-eastern edge of Daventry in six different areas. Finds presented here include two early Neolithic pits, a middle Iron Age settlement and two late Iron Age settlements.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Location, topography and geology -- Project background -- Archaeological work within the area -- Historical and archaeological background -- Prehistoric -- Late Iron Age and/or Roman period -- Saxon/medieval and later -- Site phasing -- Figure 1.1 Site location -- Figure 1.2 Site topography -- Figure 1.3 Site geology -- Figure 1.4 Geophysical survey interpretation and trenches to the north -- Figure 1.5 Geophysical survey interpretation and trenches to the south -- Table 1.1 Summary of site chronology and significant archaeological features -- Figure 1.6 Areas 1-4 overlying geophysical survey -- Figure 1.7 Area 6 overlying geophysical survey -- Figure 2.1 Area 6: Early Neolithic pits and middle Iron Age features -- Figure 2.2 Area 6: Early Neolithic pits [356] and [359], looking north-west -- Figure 2.3 Area 2: Section of ditch [9144/9149], looking south-west -- Figure 2.4 Area 1: Late Iron Age settlement -- Figure 2.5 Area 1: Late Iron Age ditched enclosure E1 [7124] -- Figure 2.6 Area 1: Late Iron Age pit [7094] -- Figure 2.7 Area 1: Late Iron Age ditched enclosure E2 entranceway and cobbled surface -- Figure 2.8 Area 1: Late Iron Age posthole [7543] -- Figure 2.9 Area 1: Late Iron Age ditched enclosure E3 looking west -- Table 2.1. Comparison of the late Iron Age ring gullies in Areas 1, 2 and 6 -- Figure 2.10 Area 1: Late Iron Age gully RG2 [7559] -- Figure 2.11 Area 1: Late Iron Age pit [7601] -- Figure 2.12 Area 1: Late Iron Age pit [7513] -- Figure 2.13 Area 1: Late Iron Age ring gully RG5, looking north-east -- Figure 2.14 Area 1 : Late Iron Age ring gully RG8, looking west -- Figure 2.15 Area 1: Late Iron Age pit [7315] -- Figure 2.16 Area 2: Late Iron Age enclosure E11.

Figure 2.17 Area 2: Late Iron Age ditched enclosure E11 -- Figure 2.18 Area 2: Late Iron Age ditched enclosure E11 showing revetment -- Figure 2.19 Area 2: Late Iron Age ring gully RG13, looking north -- Figure 2.20 Area 6: Late Iron Age settlement -- Figure 2.21 Area 6: Late Iron Age enclosure E4, looking south-west -- Figure 2.22 Area 6: Late Iron Age ring gully RG12 -- Figure 2.23 Area 6: Late Iron Age ring gully RG10 -- Figure 2.24 Area 6: Late Iron Age ring gully RG9, looking west -- Figure 2.25 Areas 1, 3, 4 and 5: Early Roman activity -- Figure 2.26 Area 6: Early Roman settlement -- Figure 2.27 Area 6: Early Roman settlement initial phase -- Figure 2.28 Area 6: Early Roman ditched enclosure E15 -- Figure 2.29 Area 6: Early Roman ditched enclosure E15 showing re-cuts and stake holes -- Figure 2.30 Area 6: Early Roman ladder enclosures E12, E13 and E14, looking south-west -- Figure 2.31 Area 6: Early Roman settlement second phase -- Figure 2.32 Area 6: Early Roman ditched enclosure E16 -- Figure 2.33 Area 6: Early Roman wattle-lined well [222] -- Figure 2.34 Medieval field systems and post-medieval quarrying in Areas 1 to 6 -- Figure 2.35 Post-medieval quarrying in Area 2 -- Table 3.1. Quantification of worked flint from pits [356] and [359] -- Table 3.2. Catalogue of flint from pit [356] -- Figure 3.1 Flake from polished stone axe, showing flat facet, left and finely worked, broken flint arrowheads, right, all from early Neolithic pit [356] -- Table 3.3: Catalogue of flint from pit [359] -- Table 3.4. Quantification of worked flint as residual finds from Areas 1-5 -- Figure 3.2 The radiocarbon determination -- Table 3.5 Late Iron Age pottery by feature group quantification -- Table 3.6 Roman pottery fabric quantification -- Table 3.7 Roman vessel forms per fabric -- Table 3.8. Roman pottery feature group quantification.

Table 3.9 Roman pottery feature group vessel form quantification -- Table 3.10. Roman pottery quantification Area 6, enclosure E12 -- Table 3.11. Roman pottery quantification Area 6, enclosure E13 -- Table 3.12 Roman pottery quantification Area 6, enclosure E14 -- Table 3.13 Roman pottery quantification Area 6, enclosure E15 -- Table 3.14 Roman pottery quantification Area 6, enclosure E16 -- Table 3.15 Roman pottery quantification Area 6, trackway E17 -- Figure 3.3 Pottery illustration catalogue 1-10 -- Figure 3.4 Pottery illustration catalogue 11-21 -- Figure 3.5 Pottery illustration catalogue 22-28 -- Table 3.16 Quantification of querns and grinding stones -- Table 3.17. Daub -- Table 3.18. Kiln, oven or hearth material -- Table 3.19. Quantification of slag -- Table 3.20. Roman ceramic tile -- Table 3.21. Small finds quantified by material type -- Figure 5.1 Daventry Monksmoor and surrounding sites -- Figure 5.2 Area 1 phase plan -- Figure 5.3 Area 6 phase plan -- Figure 5.4 Artist impression of Wootton Hill enclosure (after Jackson, 2010, 108) -- Figure 5.5 Iron Age gateways in Northamptonshire -- Figure 5.6 Comparative plans of paddocks and routeways -- Chapter 2 -- The archaeological evidence -- Period 1: Early Neolithic (4000BC to 2500BC) -- Neolithic pits -- Period 2: Middle Iron Age (400BC to 100BC) -- Period 3: Late Iron Age to post-Conquest (100BC-AD60) -- Introduction -- Area 1 -- Enclosure E1 -- Enclosure E2 -- Enclosure E3 -- Ring gully RG1 -- Ring gullies RG2 and RG3 -- Ring gullies RG4 and RG5 -- Ring gullies RG6, RG7 and RG8 -- Area 2 -- Enclosure E11 -- Ring gully RG13 -- Area 6 -- Enclosure E10 -- Enclosure E4 -- Enclosure E5 -- Ring gully RG11 -- Ring gully RG9 -- Period 4: Early Roman (AD60-AD150) -- Introduction -- Area 6 -- Initial phase of enclosure system E15 -- Routeway 1 -- Enclosure E9 -- Enclosures E12, E13 and E14.

Second phase of enclosure system E16 -- Wattle-lined well -- Areas 1, 3, 4 and 5 -- Period 5: Medieval to post-medieval -- Open field system -- Post-medieval quarry pits -- Chapter 3 -- Finds -- Worked Flint -- Area 6 -- Raw material and condition -- Pit [356] -- Pit [359] -- Areas 1-5 -- The Neolithic pottery -- Iron Age and Roman pottery -- Fabrics and sources -- Overview -- The Iron Age pottery -- Enclosures -- Area 1 -- Area 2 -- Area 6 -- Roundhouses and ancillary features -- Area 1 -- Area 2 -- Area 6 -- The features -- Fabrics and sources -- Forms -- Date -- Introduction -- Iron Age pottery from Roman features -- The Roman pottery -- Roman features -- Enclosure E7 -- Enclosures E8 and E9 -- Enclosure E12 -- Enclosure E13 -- Enclosure E14 -- Enclosure E15 -- Enclosure E16 -- Routeway 1 -- Roman pottery from Iron Age features -- Querns and grinding stones -- Fired Clay -- Daub -- Floor surface -- Kiln, forge, oven or hearth material -- Slag -- Other finds -- Roman -- Catalogue -- Copper alloy -- Glass -- Iron -- Lead -- Post-medieval -- Tile -- Chapter 4 -- The faunal and environmental evidence -- Animal bone -- Environmental remains -- Introduction and method statement -- Phase 1: Early Neolithic, Area 6 -- Phase 2: Middle Iron Age, Area 6 -- Phase 3: Late Iron Age Area 6 -- Phase 3: Late Iron Age Area 1 -- Phase 4: Roman Area 6 -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5 -- Discussion -- Overview -- Period 1: Early Neolithic -- Period 2: Middle Iron Age -- Period 3: Late Iron Age -- Enclosures -- Wootton Hill type enclosure -- Ring gullies -- Period 4: Early Roman -- Field system -- Paddocks and well -- Back Cover.