Parry, S., Holmes, M., Meadows, I. D. and Atkins, R. (2001). Excavations of Iron Age settlements at Sywell Aerodrome (1996) and at Ecton (1992--3) Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology 29. Vol 29, pp. 43-71. https://doi.org/10.5284/1083293. Cite this via datacite
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Excavations of Iron Age settlements at Sywell Aerodrome (1996) and at Ecton (1992--3) Northamptonshire | ||||||
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Northamptonshire Archaeology 29 | ||||||
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Two predominantly early/middle to middle Iron Age sites 2.5km apart, both part of a linear cropmark system along a valley side running towards the River Nene, Northamptonshire, were partially excavated at Sywell Aerodrome (1996) and at Ecton (1992/3) prior to the construction of offices and a water pipeline respectively. The earliest feature uncovered was at Ecton where a single late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit contained two pottery vessels. Apart from this feature, occupation seems contemporary with the Sywell site dating between the 5th or 4th to 1st centuries BC compared with the Ecton site dating from the 4th to 2nd centuries BC. Early Iron Age pottery was recovered from a single linear ditch at Sywell. The early/middle Iron Age was represented by three pits found on the extreme north-east of the excavation, which may signify a focus of occupation in this period outside the area of excavation. The middle Iron Age formed the vast majority of the evidence and comprised parts of two enclosures, a four-post structure, and a scatter of pits all truncated by subsequent cultivation and presumably part of a single unenclosed farmstead c.0.5 hectares in area identified from more extensive crop marks. At Ecton, truncated features were excavated for 240 m along the 15 m wide water pipeline corridor with deposits ending abruptly on the northern side and quarried away on the southern side. The features comprised a group of five small circular enclosures and surrounding pits, together with rectilinear enclosures and other associated pits, and two further small circular features nearby, to the north. In all, this Ecton site was part of an extensive settlement. A section through a separate cropmark site was examined when the pipe trench crossed the edge of a new set of enclosures 300 m to the south west of the Ecton site. Sections through two parallel ditches and the western side a rectangular enclosure recovered no dating evidence. | ||||||
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