ENN109404 - DIRFT Expansion (Nortoft Lodge), 2006 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 5569 7305 (426m by 232m)
Civil Parish KILSBY, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Cotswold Archaeology (formerly Cotswold Archaeological Trust)

Date

Not recorded.

Description

{1} Excavation of a dense area of archaeological remains to the west of Nortoft Lane. This excavation had restricted aims, but showed the site to be largely middle iron Age in date with a few earlier features including middle Bronze Age cremations. {3} Five areas within the development area, comprising 3.7ha in total, were subject to a programme of strip, map and record.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Masefield R. (ed). 2015. Origins, Development and Abandonment of an Iron Age Village (DIRFT Volume 2). II. p. 167-242.
  • <2> Report: Coleman, L. 2007. DIRFT West, Kilsby, Northamptonshire: Post-excavation assessment and updated project design. Cotswold Archaeology Reports. 06126. Cotswold Archaeology.
  • <3> Newsletter: Horne B. (Editor). 2007. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (37). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 37. C.B.A.. p. 16.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Middle Bronze Age cremations, Nortoft Lodge (Monument)
  • Middle Bronze Age cremations, Nortoft Lodge (Monument)
  • Middle Iron Age Settlement, Nortoft Lodge (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 20 2021 3:54PM

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