causewayed enclosures

Above & Left Northamptonshire is home to many rich Roman sites, such as the Roman villa at Piddington, which has featured several times in the magazine, including in CA 146, and at Priors Hall near Corby, where the discovery of a villa, linked industrial site, and intriguing Roman Celtic temple mausoleum was detailed in CA 370.

Excavating Northamptonshire

If there is a challenger to Piddington’s crown as the ‘prime’ site of Northamptonshire, then the multi-period site of Raunds in the north-east of the county, with its intriguing history of early medieval and later settlement, is a strong contender.