ENN109342 - Wollaston Quarry, 1993-1998 (Excavation)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 8917 6374 (1689m by 2239m) |
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Civil Parish | WOLLASTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit
Date
Not recorded.
Description
{2} Northamptonshire Archaeology has carried out large-scale archaeological recording in advance of gravel extraction for Pioneer Aggregates over a five-year period (1993-1998) in a series of quarries at Wollaston, Northamptonshire. A total area of over 150 ha was the subject of archaeological study. The quarries lay on the south and east side of a long bend in the River Nene.
Sources/Archives (16)
- <1> SNN103331 Article: Brown A.G.; Meadows I.; Turner S.D.; Mattingly D.J.. 2001. Roman Vineyards in Britain: Stratigraphic & Palynological Data from Wollaston in The Nene Valley, England. Antiquity. 75 (2001).
- <2> SNN111339 Digital archive: Northamptonshire Archaeology & University of Exeter. 2009. Nene Valley: Archaeological and Environmental Synthesis. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000170.
- <3> SNN104077 Article: MEADOWS I.. 1996-7. The Pioneer Helmet. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 27. N.A.S..
- <4> SNN104679 Report: Meadows I.. 2004. An Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. 10/110. N.C.C..
- <5> SNN111355 Monograph: Meadows I.. 2019. The Pioneer Burial: A High-Status Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire.
- <6> SNN104207 Article: Curteis M.; Musgrave E.; Tingle M. (Editors). 1993-4. Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 1993. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 25. p. 185.
- <7> SNN111755 Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2019. South Midlands Archaeology (49). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 49. C.B.A.. p. 82.
- <8> SNN74024 Article: Meadows, I. 1996. Wollaston, The Nene Valley: A British Moselle?. Current Archaeology. 150.
- <9> SNN112874 Catalogue: Unknown. Undated. Worked flint from Wollaston and Earls Barton Quarries.
- <10> SNN100611 Journal: Horne, B (Editor). 1995. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (25). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 25. C.B.A.. p. 41, 44.
- <11> SNN40064 Notes: Horne, B (editor). 1996. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (26). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 26. p. 39, 41.
- <12> SNN40019 Newsletter: Pike, A (ed). 1994. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (24). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 24. C.B.A.. p. 23.
- <13> SNN100580 Journal: 1998. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (28). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 28. C.B.A.. p. 38-9.
- <14> SNN100581 Journal: 1997. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (27). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 27. CBA. p. 42.
- <15> SNN105941 Journal: Chapman A. (Editor). 1997. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1996. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 27. p. 191-3.
- <16> SNN116677 Monograph: Atkins, R and Meadows, I. 2024. Neolithic pits, late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignments and Iron Age to Roman settlements at Wollaston Quarry, Northamptonshire.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (10)
- 3507 Extensive area of Iron Age and Roman settlement, Wollaston (Monument)
- 3537 Extensive Prehistoric/Romano-British Settlement & Land Divisions, south of Hardwater Road (Monument)
- 9574/1/1 Isolated C7th Burial With Grave Goods (The Pioneer Burial) (Monument)
- 3508/0/1 Neolithic Pits (Monument)
- 3507/1 Prehistoric/Roman settlement and pit alignments (Monument)
- 3507/0/25 Probable Iron Age enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
- 2425/0/28 River Nene Palaeochannels, Wollaston (Monument)
- 5899/0/2 Site of Roman vineyard, Wollaston (Monument)
- 3505/0/7 Site of Roman vineyard, Wollaston (Monument)
- 3215/1 Unstratified Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic finds, Wollaston Quarry (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 13 2024 3:46PM