ENN104930 - Alderton Mount, 2010 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 740 469 (13m by 10m)
Civil Parish ALDERTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology

Date

July-August 2010

Description

{4} A three-week programme of excavation on a raised platform within the eastern side of the Alderton Mount. The excavation demonstrated that the platform was constructed in the first half of the 12th century and that a stone building, which stood in the southern part of the platform, went out of use in the 14th century.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Note: Cadman, G.. 2010. Alderton Mount. (checked).
  • <2> Photographic prints (COL): Cadman, G.. 2010. Excavations at Alderton Mount. (checked).
  • <3> Report: Friends of Alderton Mount. 2010. The Mount, Alderton: Second Interim Summary of the Archaeological Work Done in 2010. (checked).
  • <4> Report: Upson-Smith T.. 2010. Archaeological Excavation at The Mount, Alderton, July-August 2010: Assessment Report and Proposals for Further Excavation (Draft). Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. 10/155. Northants Archaeology. (checked).
  • <5> Article: 2011. Alderton Mount, Northamptonshire. The Castle Studies Group Journal. 24. (checked).
  • <6> Journal: Horne B. (Editor). 2011. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (41). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 41. CBA. 41/28 (checked).
  • <7> Article: Chapman P. (Ed.). 2012. Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 2010. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 37. Northants Archaeology Soc. 37/202 (checked).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

  • Alderton (Monument)
  • Castle earthworks (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
  • Castle Mount, Alderton (Monument)
  • Medieval building (Monument)
  • Medieval building platform (Monument)
  • Possible Iron Age/Romano-British Settlement, Alderton Mount (Find Spot)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • The Mount, 2009 (Excavation) (Ref: 7446020)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 10:03AM

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