Between Villa and Town: Excavations of a Roman Roadside Settlement and Shrine at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire

Alex Smith et al.

The settlement shifted in layout in the late 2nd–3rd centuries, with new roadside buildings and a gravel pavement, while a monumental shrine rose to the west. In the 3rd–4th centuries it expanded north and the shrine was abandoned. The site was deserted by the late 4th century, later seeing Saxon reuse among surviving Roman earthworks. READ MORE

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