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Excavations at Wakerley, Northants, 1972-75

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

D. A. Jackson ,
T. M. Ambrose ,
A.L. Pacitto ,
P.J. Woods ,
Frank Jenkins ,
Roger Goodburn ,
S.A. Butcher ,
Justine Bayley ,
Roger Jones  and
J. G. Evans
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D. A. Jackson
Affiliation:
c/o Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, Fortress House, 23 Savile Row, London W.I
T. M. Ambrose
Affiliation:
City and County Museum, Lincoln
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Excavations in 1972–75 on behalf of the Department of the Environment revealed an extensive Iron Age settlement and traces of widespread Roman agricultural and industrial activity at Wakerley, Northamptonshire (FIG. 2). The settlement was situated in Wakerley parish, immediately to the south of the road running between the villages of Wakerley and Harringworth and nine miles north-northeast of Corby (FIG. 3). It was sited on sloping ground, overlooking the valley of the River Welland, and some ½ mile from the river itself. From the site there are extensive views of the river valley to the north and west and of the hills and dales of Rutland that lie beyond. A deep natural gully occurs in the hillside, just to the west of the settlement and, as a result, the site is in an open position and fully exposed to the westerly winds. The settlement was located between the 250 and 300 ft. contours on a wide expanse of Lower Lincolnshire Limestone. Clays of the LowerEstuarine Series and outcrops of Northampton Sand and Ironstone occur on the lower slopes of the valley below the site and in the adjacent gully to the west. It is likely that a convenient supply of water would have been available in this gully in earlier periods, but this has been piped away in modern times.

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Britannia , Volume 9 , November 1978 , pp. 115 - 242
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Copyright © D. A. Jackson and T. M. Ambrose 1978. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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