ENN107087 - Former Sunlight Laundry site, 2013 (Observation)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 8864 6810 (87m by 71m) |
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Civil Parish | WELLINGBOROUGH, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology
Date
July-September 2013
Description
Site code: WESL13. Northamptonshire Archaeology was commissioned by VE Parrott/East Midlands Housing Association Ltd to conduct an archaeological evaluation on land at the former Sunlight Laundry site, Buckwell End, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, prior to proposed residential development on the site. Much of the site has been severely truncated by modern industrial activity associated with the laundry. However, in some areas the archaeological remains had survived to a good level. Further remains were observed in the house footings. Early medieval gullies, possibly relating to domestic tenement plots fronting onto Buckwell End/Short Lane, were recorded. Larger boundary ditches and a possible well were recorded on the northern side of the site, dating to the 11th-12th centuries. Pottery analysis suggests the main focus of activity occurred in the early medieval period with a hiatus around the 13th century and later activity into the later medieval and post-medieval periods. Information from OASIS Online Form.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNN109404 Report: Chinnock, C.. 2014. Archaeological Observation, Investigation, Recording and Analysis on Land at the Former Sunlight Laundry site, Buckwell End, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Museum of London Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. 14/010. MOLA Northampton. (checked).
External Links (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (11)
- 3884/24/1 Medieval boundary ditches (Monument)
- 3884/24/4 Medieval ditch (Monument)
- 3884/24 Medieval tenements (Monument)
- 3884/24/2 Possible medieval well (Monument)
- 3884/0/223 Possible undated ditch (Monument)
- 3884/0/225 Post medieval cellars (Monument)
- 3884/0/222 Post medieval pits (Monument)
- 3884/0/114 Post medieval pits and wall (Monument)
- 3884/24/3 Probable medieval features (Monument)
- 3884/0/224 Undated ditch (Monument)
- 3884 Wellingborough (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 6 2024 2:15PM