ENN109342 - Wollaston Quarry, 1993-1998 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8917 6374 (1689m by 2239m)
Civil Parish WOLLASTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District)

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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> 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> Digital archive: Northamptonshire Archaeology & University of Exeter. 2009. Nene Valley: Archaeological and Environmental Synthesis. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000170.
  • <3> Article: MEADOWS I.. 1996-7. The Pioneer Helmet. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 27. N.A.S..
  • <4> Report: Meadows I.. 2004. An Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. 10/110. N.C.C..
  • <5> Monograph: Meadows I.. 2019. The Pioneer Burial: A High-Status Anglian Warrior Burial from Wollaston, Northamptonshire.
  • <6> Article: Curteis M.; Musgrave E.; Tingle M. (Editors). 1993-4. Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 1993. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 25. p. 185.
  • <7> Journal: Crank, N. (Editor). 2019. South Midlands Archaeology (49). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 49. C.B.A.. p. 82.
  • <8> Article: Meadows, I. 1996. Wollaston, The Nene Valley: A British Moselle?. Current Archaeology. 150.
  • <9> Catalogue: Unknown. Undated. Worked flint from Wollaston and Earls Barton Quarries.
  • <10> 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> 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> 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> 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> Journal: 1997. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (27). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 27. CBA. p. 42.
  • <15> Journal: Chapman A. (Editor). 1997. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1996. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 27. p. 191-3.
  • <16> 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)

  • Extensive area of Iron Age and Roman settlement, Wollaston (Monument)
  • Extensive Prehistoric/Romano-British Settlement & Land Divisions, south of Hardwater Road (Monument)
  • Isolated C7th Burial With Grave Goods (The Pioneer Burial) (Monument)
  • Neolithic Pits (Monument)
  • Prehistoric/Roman settlement and pit alignments (Monument)
  • Probable Iron Age enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
  • River Nene Palaeochannels, Wollaston (Monument)
  • Site of Roman vineyard, Wollaston (Monument)
  • Site of Roman vineyard, Wollaston (Monument)
  • Unstratified Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic finds, Wollaston Quarry (Monument)

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Dec 13 2024 3:46PM

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