This unnamed mine lies in the East Midlands, in the vicinity of the Northamptonshire/Rutland border, an area better known for ironstone working than for non-ferrous mining. Roman-period iron extraction in this region exploited the Jurassic Northampton Sand ironstone, with activity attested from the later 1st through 4th centuries AD, generally as small-to-medium scale rural operations rather than imperially controlled complexes.
Source: Pleiades — A Community-Built Gazetteer and Graph of Ancient Places. View the Pleiades record →
Mines and bloomery sites in this part of the Midlands fed a substantial regional iron industry that supplied agricultural tools, structural ironwork, and probably military equipment, complementing the larger Weald and Forest of Dean operations. Their significance lies in the cumulative economic output of dispersed workings rather than any single major centre.
This unnamed mine lies in the East Midlands, in the vicinity of the Northamptonshire/Rutland border, an area better known for ironstone working than for non-ferrous mining. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a mine site from the Roman period in Britain.
Unnamed Mine is classified as a Roman mine — a industrial site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Unnamed Mine (0.8 km), Tixover (1.2 km), Roman villa east of Foster’s Bridge (3.7 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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