Howsam C. (2020). Middlemore Site 8e, Daventry, Northamptonshire Archaeological Excavation Report. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1096336. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Middlemore Site 8e, Daventry, Northamptonshire Archaeological Excavation Report
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Abstract:		 Preceding geophysical survey and trial trench evaluation of the c 1.25ha site in 2019 established the presence of Iron Age remains and an undated trackway/road upon which two excavation areas, totalling c 5500m2, were subsequently targeted. A small quantity of residual worked flint of broadly prehistoric date provides evidence of a limited and perhaps transitory presence in the landscape during the prehistoric period. The remains of several late Iron Age/early Roman (c 50 BC-AD 120) ditches divided the landscape into rectilinear enclosures/fields, probably for agricultural purposes; no structural evidence suggestive of settlement was present. A small number of scattered pits and postholes are suggestive of isolated agricultural activity. A cluster of inter-cutting pits in the south-west containing small quantities of pottery, animal bone, fired clay and charred plant remains are suggestive of nearby settlement activity. Roman remains comprised a NE-SW aligned trackway/road formed of a metalled surface and two flanking ditches that probably had a drainage function. A very small quantity of Roman pottery suggests that it may have been in use during the early-middle Roman period. It is possible that the trackway/road influenced the layout of the late Iron Age/early Roman enclosure/field system to its south-east, though it appears to have continued in use after the cessation of the enclosures and perhaps formed part of a local network that connected to the nearby major Roman road of Watling Street. Remains of land use activity post-dating the Roman period were scarce and indicative of medieval/post-medieval agricultural activities.
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Author:		 Howsam C
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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District: West Northamptonshire
Parish: Daventry
Country: England
County: Northamptonshire
Grid Reference: 456342, 264820 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
COIN (Object England)
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ROMAN TRACKWAY (Tag)
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TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
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Created Date:		 13 Jul 2022