ENN108515 - Moulton Bypass, 2016 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7982 6666 (522m by 972m)
Civil Parish OVERSTONE, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

MOLA Northampton (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology)

Date

November 2016-March 2017

Description

{1} A strip, map and sample excavation was undertaken in discrete areas across the development site. The area of the proposed balancing pond was stripped under archaeological observation to the level of the first archaeological horizon. The area was approximately 1.13ha in size. There were two ditches, four furrows and two Anglo-Saxon Sunken-Featured Buildings. Between 3rd - 9th March 2017 a Strip, Map and Record exercise took place at the site of a proposed roundabout at the north end of the development area. The works identified a linear ditch located in the north-east of the stripped area, in addition to two furrows and a palaeochannel. A drainage trench was cut within the east-west link road corridor between 6-10th February 2017. A post-medieval furrow, contination of the palaeochannel and a modern hedge boundary were observed.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2018. South Midlands Archaeology (48). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 48. C.B.A.. p. 66.
  • <2> Report: Finn, C.. 2017. An archaeological excavation on land at the A43 Moulton Bypass, Northampton, November 2016-March 2017. Museum of London Arch. (MOLA) Fieldwork Reports. 17/82. MOLA Northampton.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Early to early-middle Saxon settlement, north of Sywell Road (Monument)
  • Probable undated droveway and pits (Monument)
  • Undated ditches and pits (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 30 2021 2:49PM

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