ENN10347 - Pioneer Aggregates, Wollaston Quarry, 1990 (Trial Trenching)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 897 641 (623m by 1337m) (3 map features) |
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Civil Parish | WOLLASTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit
Date
Spring and summer 1990
Description
{1} Trial trench evaluation of eight fields prior to quarrying. The evaluation confirmed that most of the enclosures and ditches known from aerial photographs dated to the Iron Age period. It also identified an unusual 'lazy-bed' system dating to the late Iron Age or Roman period. {4} A limited evaluation was initially carried out in February 1990 to see how well the known archaeological features had survived (a total of eight trenches was excavated). Trenches were confined to the interior of enclosures but clearly showed that ploughing over a long period had been destructive. The results of the initial phase were subsequently fully reported in the later phase.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SNN40385 Article: Jackson, D.. 1991. An Archaeological Evaluation at Wollaston. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 23. Northants Archaeology Soc. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN70063 Report: Jackson D.A.. 1990. An Archaeological Evaluation at Wollaston for Pioneer Aggregates Ltd. (U.K.).
- <3> SNN100325 Article: Musgrave E.C.; Tingle M. (editors). 1991. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1990. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 23. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 109.
- <4> SNN116700 Report: Jackson, D. 1990. An Archaeological Evaluation for Pioneer Group of Companies at Wollaston.
- <5> SNN116817 Notes: Jackson, D. 1990. Pioneer Aggregates site, Wollaston.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (12)
- 3507 Extensive area of Iron Age and Roman settlement, Wollaston (Monument)
- 3507/0/12 Iron Age rectilinear enclosure (Monument)
- 3508/0/1 Neolithic Pits (Monument)
- 3502/1/0 Possible early/middle Saxon cemetery (Find Spot)
- 3507/0/8 Possible Iron Age rectangular enclosure (Monument)
- 3507/0/10 Prehistoric linear boundaries (Monument)
- 3507/0/1 Prehistoric Pit Alignment (Monument)
- 3507/0/31 Prehistoric pit alignments (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
- 3505 Probable Iron Age/Roman settlement, west of Vicarage farm (Monument)
- 3507/0/3 Romano-British Features (Monument)
- 3509 Romano-British Settlement (Monument)
- 3505/0/7 Site of Roman vineyard, Wollaston (Monument)
Record last edited
May 9 2025 3:57PM