Roman pottery, Sturgeon's Farm (EHER 704)

In 1887, the discovery of fragments of Roman pottery in a clay pit on Sturgeons Farm was recorded by Henry Corder.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. The VCH gives the NGR as TL 66030668. Roman pottery found in boulder-clay pit west of the farm but "nothing to substantiate the claim that there is a Roman house near the farmyard". (villa site detailed in EHER 703) <1> <2> <3> Paul Drury thinks it is probably connected with TL60-026 (probably the same pottery as mentioned on EHER 0703. <4> In 1887, the discovery of fragments of Roman pottery in a clay pit on Sturgeons Farm was recorded by Henry Corder. The site lies to the north-west of the farm and is centred on TL 659 072. The pits were filled some years ago, but their outlines are just discernible on the surface of the field. Material from the field collected in 1975-6 by Mrs G Maddison of Sturgeon's Farm including a plain bowl in BB1 fabric Hadham ware, sherds of Northamptonshire Motoria and late Roman shell-tempered ware. Fragments of box-flue tiles and tegulae have also been found on the north side of the valley of a tributary of Roxwell Brook. <5>