ENN108151 - 43 Watling Street 2014 (Trial trench)

An archaeological trial trench evaluation was undertaken by MOLA at 43 Watling Street, Potterspury prior to the proposed redevelopment of the site. Three trial trenches were excavated around a 1970s building prior to its demolition. The trial trench evaluation identified no archaeological features of great antiquity. The narrow limestone walls are perhaps 19th century in date and were probably the walls of a small out-building shown on historic maps from 1884 to 1958. The tile surface and brick additions are probably from remodelling of this structure in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. Features dating to the 20th century were also present and the whole site appears to have been levelled, probably at or after the building construction in the 1970s, which sealed the previous ground level. [Archived under ENN107487]