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.