ENN108133 - Rushden Hospital 2014 (Excavation)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 9586 6579 (136m by 185m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RUSHDEN, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
MOLA Northampton (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology)
Date
February 2014
Description
Site code: RHI14. MOLA carried out a programme of archaeological mitigation works on land at Rushden Hospital, Rushden, Northamptonshire during February 2014. The excavation revealed a semi-circular ditch and associated postholes which were of probable Iron Age date, although no dating of the enclosure was recovered.Two poorly preserved inhumation burials may have been of Roman or early medieval date. There were remnant furrows of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation. A ditch on the same alignment as the furrows was probably of medieval origin. However, this ditch was retained as a boundary up to the middle of the 20th century, even following the introduction of a system of ditches set at right angles. Information from OASIS Online Form.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNN110104 Report: Taylor, E.. 2014. Archaeological excavations on land at Rushden Hospital, Rushden, Northamptonshire. 14/129. Museum Of London. https://doi.org/10.5284/1039508.
External Links (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- 2510/0/1 Iron Age ring gully, pre-medieval inhumation burials and post-medieval ditches, Rushden Hospital site (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 11 2024 2:56PM
