ENN109254 - Overstone Green, 2018 (Trial trench)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8046 6741 (1211m by 1159m)
Civil Parish OVERSTONE, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Oxford Archaeology South (formerly OAU)

Date

November 2018

Description

{1} A programme of 266 trenches measuring up to 50m by 2m were targeted on the archaeological areas identified on the previous geophysical survey. A series of potential areas of archaeology were identified in the survey including a barrow ditch (Field 4), a rectangular enclosure (Field 5) and a number of field boundary and enclosure ditches.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Report: Champness, C. 2018. Overstone Green, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation Report. oxford Archaeology South Fieldwork Reports. 7222. OA South.
  • <2> Digital archive: Oxford Archaeology (South). 2024. Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Overstone Green, Northamptonshire, 2018-2019. https://doi.org/10.5284/1117726. ads Collection: 5803. Oxford Archaeology (South). https://doi.org/10.5284/1117726.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Possible Bronze Age barrow cemetery with potential later Roman activity, north-west of Cowpasture Spinney (Monument)
  • Possible Iron Age farmstead, south of Overstone Grange (Monument)
  • Possible Prehistoric Settlement/Flint Working Site, Overstone (Monument)

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Mar 8 2024 2:09PM

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