ENN110778 - Cattle Market north, 1997 (Watching brief)
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Location
Grid reference | SP 7560 6000 (point) |
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Civil Parish | NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology
Date
January-May 1997
Description
{1} Watching brief of c 3.75ha of land during redevelopment into supermarket, petrol station and associated car parking. All groundwork revealed a similar stratigraphic sequence of c1.5m of 19th century make-up material overlying alluvium and river gravel. A trench, 0.8m deep, was cut to provide a foundation for a kerb around the car park and followed the line of Victoria Promenade and Cattle Market Road. It contained two late Victorian pits. The watching brief did not locate the medieval defences, perhaps because the service trenches were too shallow, only exposing 19th-century make-up layers to a depth of 1.5m.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SNN62013 Report: HYLTON T.. 1997. Archaeological watching brief at the Cattle Market North, Northampton, January-May 1997. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. NA.
- <2> SNN100580 Journal: 1998. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (28). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 28. C.B.A.. p. 37.
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Record last edited
Dec 13 2024 2:33PM