ENN108316 - Knotwood Fields Farm 2015 (Trial trenching)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7732 4200 (244m by 249m)
Civil Parish OLD STRATFORD, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Cotswold Archaeology (formerly Cotswold Archaeological Trust)

Date

October 2015

Description

{1} Fourteen trial trenches were excavated, targeting a number of anomlaies identified by a previous geophysical survey. The evaluation recorded a number of features, probably comprising small enclosures and a roundhouse. Pottery dating from the Iron Age was recovered. Medieval ridge and furrow and post-medieval/modern ditches were also identified.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Report: Brown, R.. 2015. Land at Knotwood Fields Farm, Old Stratford, Northamptonshire: Archaeological evaluation. Cotswold Archaaeological Trust Reports. 15757. Cotswold Archaeology.
  • <2> Journal: Horne, B (editor). 2016. South Midlands Archaeology (46). CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER. 46. CBA. p. 32.
  • <3> Digital archive: Cotswold Archaeology. 2022. Site Images and Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Knotwood Farm Fields, Old Stratford, Northamptonshire, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5284/1095488. 4667.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Iron Age settlement, Knotwood Fields Farm (Monument)
  • Possible medieval/post-medieval field boundaries (Monument)
  • Probable medieval/post-medieval field boundary (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2022 9:53AM

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