ENN108025 - Oak Lane (Excavation) 2013

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 5899 7280 (165m by 110m) (4 map features)
Civil Parish CRICK
Unitary Authority West Northamptonshire

Technique(s)

Organisation

MOLA Northampton (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology)

Date

November - December 2013

Description

{1} Archaeological excavation, recording and analysis was undertaken on land at Oak Lane, Crick, Northamptonshire.Isolated Iron Age activity, Saxon enclosure ditches and a posthole structure, and a medieval earthwork ditch were located in two open areas, separated by a hedge line. Artefacts recovered include iron Age, Roman Saxon, and medieval pottery, animal bone, ceramic building materials, post-medieval glass, a copper buckle, lead musket ball, and a misshapen piece of lead. Two supplementary trial trenches were excavated, neither contained any archaeological remains.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Markus S.. 2014. Archaeological excavation, recording and analysis of land at Oak lane, Crick, Northamptonshire, November -December 2013. Museum of London Arch. (MOLA) Fieldwork Reports. 14/34. MOLA Northampton.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Possible Iron Age settlement (Monument)
  • Possible Late Saxon/Medieval Tofts & Crofts (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
  • Remains of late Saxon/medieval settlement/field systems, east of Oak Lane (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 14 2026 3:43PM

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