The Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Crick Covert Farm: Excavations 1997-1998

(DIRFT Volume I)

By (author) Gwilym Hughes By (author) Ann Woodward

Book cover: The Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement at Crick Covert Farm: Excavations 1997-1998

Extent: 330 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2015)

ISBN: 9781784912086

8.27 x 11.69 inches

Price: $96.00

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Excavations of a large part of an extensive Iron Age settlement carried out between 1997 – 1998 at Covert Farm located near Crick in northwestern Northamptonshire.


This volume is the first of two reports on archaeological excavations undertaken ahead of the eastern expansion of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) which lies in the northern watershed region of Northamptonshire at its border with Warwickshire. The excavations, covering 178 hectares, recorded one of the most extensive Iron Age farming settlements yet discovered in the British Isles. It comprised at least five individual sites of house clusters and enclosures, spread around the rim of a shallow valley overlooking around 100 hectares of open pasture. At its peak between 400 BC and 100 BC the settlement would have contained up to 100 circular buildings. Volume 1 describes the excavation of the largest of these individual sites, that at Covert Farm, Crick, excavated by the Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. From the outset the excavations adopted an innovative approach to examine social themes in Iron Age studies, such as relationships with rubbish, fire and water, and the way life in the settlement may have been experienced by its inhabitants – themes that are presented and discussed in this book.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: TOWARDS A CHRONOLOGY
CHAPTER 3: PERIOD 1.1 TO 1.3: NEOLITHIC, CHALCOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE
CHAPTER 4: PERIOD 2.3: EARLY IRON AGE
CHAPTER 5: PERIOD 3.1 AND 3.2: EARLIER MIDDLE IRON AGE
CHAPTER 6: PERIOD 4.1 AND 4.2: LATER MIDDLE IRON AGE
CHAPTER 7: PERIOD 5.1 AND 5.2: LATE IRON AGE
CHAPTER 8: PERIOD 6.1 AND 6.2: ROMANO-BRITISH
CHAPTER 9: THE SENSORY FRAMEWORK
CHAPTER 10: FIRE, RUBBISH AND DOORWAYS
CHAPTER 11: SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS, CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ;

CHAPTER 2: TOWARDS A CHRONOLOGY ;

CHAPTER 3: PERIOD 1.1 TO 1.3: NEOLITHIC, CHALCOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE ;

CHAPTER 4: PERIOD 2.3: EARLY IRON AGE ;

CHAPTER 5: PERIOD 3.1 AND 3.2: EARLIER MIDDLE IRON AGE ;

CHAPTER 6: PERIOD 4.1 AND 4.2: LATER MIDDLE IRON AGE ;

CHAPTER 7: PERIOD 5.1 AND 5.2: LATE IRON AGE ;

CHAPTER 8: PERIOD 6.1 AND 6.2: ROMANO-BRITISH ;

CHAPTER 9: THE SENSORY FRAMEWORK ;

CHAPTER 10: FIRE, RUBBISH AND DOORWAYS ;

CHAPTER 11: SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS

  • By (author) Gwilym Hughes
  • By (author) Ann Woodward