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 ROMANO-BRITISH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Norton. — Village: see p. i86. Northampton. — At the Castle : bone objects, rude pottery, 2 Samian spindlewhorls, animals' bones, bronze trifles, coins of circa 260—330 a.d. [Associated Architectural Soc. xvi. 244 ; Northampton Museum]. The masonry alleged in Gentleman's Magazine (1800), ii. 1,095, can hardly be Roman. In Woolmonger Street : stylus and scraper [Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, xvii. 165]. In Upper Thrift Street : urn [Mr. Wells]. In Harding Street : coin of Hadrian [Journal of the British Archieological Association, viii. 67, X. 94]. Also a silver coin of Claudius I. [Stukeley's Letters, iii. 41]. I doubt whether the bronze pail found in 1858 and now in Peterborough Museum is Roman, but there are 8 Kov[a.n f hula there from Northampton. Camden originally put Bannaventa here, but later changed his mind. Baxter, Mor- ton and others have found here the Eltanori of the Ravennas, without any evidence. The site was obviously not uninhabited in Roman times, but there was no settlement of any importance. Orlingburv. — Two black urns [Northampton Museum]. OuNDLE. — Handbrick, pottery [Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, ser. I, iv. 246 ; Archieological Journal, xi. 27]. Coins, iron slag, in Oundle Wood [Archaeological Journal, xxxv. 269]. Urn of light red clay, glazed with thin reddish brown varnish, less compact than ordinary Samian, but like it and artistically good in itself: see fig. 35 [C. R. Smith, 1 Fic. 35. Two Views of Vase found at Ol'ndle (C. R. Smith). Collectanea Antiqua, iv. 63, from which work the illustration has been reproduced. Fig. I shows the form and actual size ; fig. 2 the rest of the design in the flat. I have in vain inquired where this interesting piece is now preserved. It was once in the possession of Mr. Thos. Beal of Oundle]. Pottery, skeletons, 3 bronze pins, coins — 2 of Claudius, i Trajan, 2 Faustina, i Constans [Proceedings of the Numismatic Society]. OxENDON. — Coin of Marcus, found 17 19 on north side of church [Bridges, ii. 56]. Paulerspury. — Hoard of coins (Constantine i., Maximian, etc.) found in urn [Morton, p. 531 ; Bridges, i. 314 ; hence Gough, Add. to Camden, ii. 274, etc.]. Peterborough. — Dwellings: see p. 188. Inscription and ornamented half column, found in restoring the Cathedral ; probably from Castor : see p. 176. Villa at Longthorpe : see Longthorpe. PiDDiNGTON. — Villa : see p. 198. PiLTON. — Coin of Hadrian [Northampton Museum]. Polebrook. — Urn and burnt bones [Stukeley's Diaries, iii. 58, 64; Carausius, i. 170]. Doubtful if Roman. 219