ENN108826 - DIRFT III, land east of Watling Street, 2015-6 (Excavation)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 5667 7467 (1629m by 1888m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LILBOURNE, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
| Civil Parish | YELVERTOFT, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
| Civil Parish | CRICK, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Cotswold Archaeology (formerly Cotswold Archaeological Trust)
Date
August 2015-April 2016
Description
{1} An area of approximately 17.4ha, comprising 11 different excavation areas, was excavated across the 340ha development area. The excavations revealed a landscape of extensive and frequently low key agricultural activity dating to the later prehistoric, Roman and medieval periods.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SNN110791 Report: Coyne, J.. 2016. DIRFT III, Land East of Watling Street (A5), Northants: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Cotswold Archaaeological Trust Reports. 16566. COTSWOLD ARC.
- <2> SNN111362 Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2017. South Midlands Archaeology (47). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 47. CBA. p. 35-6.
- <3> SNN111439 Report: Coyne, J & Stansbie, D. 2017. DIRFT III: Land east of Watling Street (A5), Northamptonshire. Excavation Report. Cotswold Archaeology Reports. 17433. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1123862.
- <4> SNN113607 Article: Chapman, E M, Hunter, F, Wilson, P, Lyons, A, Watson, S, Salvatore, J P, Pearce, J, Worrell, S and Tomlin, R S O. 2017. Roman Britain in 2016. Britannia. 48. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. p. 369.
External Links (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (8)
- 8264/5 Middle Bronze Age pit and Roman waterhole, north of Crick Covert (Monument)
- 8074/0/9 Open Fields Project: Areas of Survival of Ridge & Furrow (Monument)
- 8264/1 Prehistoric/Romano-British Activity, east of Watling Street (Monument)
- 8264/6 Probable Roman field boundary, north of New House Farm (Monument)
- 8264/4 Probable Roman field system and trackway, east of Crick Covert (Monument)
- 8264/8 Probable Roman, medieval and post-medieval field systems and trackways, Shenley Farm (Monument)
- 8264/2 Roman agricultural features, Rugby Radio Station (Monument)
- 8264/3 Site of Iron Age activity, Rugby Radio Station (Monument)
Record last edited
Nov 11 2024 3:42PM
