ENN110422 - HS2: Culworth Road, 2020 (Trial trench)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 5075 4891 (460m by 262m)
Civil Parish CHIPPING WARDEN, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

MOLA Northampton (formerly Northamptonshire Archaeology)

Date

August 2020

Description

{1} Excavation of 42 trial trenches comprising three 60m by 2m trenches, two 30m by 4m trenches and 37 by 2m trenches. Prior to the machine excavation of the trenches, exploratory test pits measuring 0.50m x 0.50m were excavated at each end of each evaluation trench to recover any artefacts present in the topsoil. Metal detecting was undertaken prior to the trench being excavated and at 300mm depth intervals where appropriate.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: McKenzie, M. 2020. 1EW03-Enabling Works Central AWH-Fieldwork Report for Culworth Road, Northamptonshire AC310Trial Trench Evaluation. MOLA Headland Infrastructure report. 1EW03-FUS_MHI-EV-REP-CS07_CL13-000004. MOLA.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Iron Age ditch, north of Culworth Road (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric/Romano-British field system, north of Culworth Road (Monument)

Record last edited

Jul 16 2024 9:12AM

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