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To contextualize newly recovered moulded stone architectural fragments from Irthlingborough and determine their structural and landscape associations.

August 14, 2026BritanniaOpen Access

A Note on Roman Architectural Fragments from Tannery Cottages, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

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To contextualize newly recovered moulded stone architectural fragments from Irthlingborough and determine their structural and landscape associations.
Typological analysis of recovered architectural stone fragments from a plinth or cornice at Tannery Cottages, Irthlingborough.
Comparative contextual analysis with an earlier recovered marine thiasos relief slab and stone assemblages from the Stanwick villa site.
Architectural fragments from plinths or cornices align with a sculptured relief slab depicting the marine thiasos.
Structural characteristics closely parallel the sculptured funerary monument assemblage from the nearby Stanwick Roman villa.
Evidence suggests the Roman Nene valley landscape contained multiple structural stone markers associated with local villa estates.

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Archaeological analysis identifies Roman architectural stone fragments and marine relief carvings, suggesting elite funerary landscape monuments along the Nene valley.

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Upex et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec754b70b84ec8b913965 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x26100853

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Archaeological analysis identifies Roman architectural stone fragments and marine relief carvings, suggesting elite funerary landscape monuments along the Nene valley.

A Note on Roman Architectural Fragments from Tannery Cottages, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

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A Note on Roman Architectural Fragments from Tannery Cottages, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

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