ENN111156 - Wakerley Quarry, Area A, 2020-1 (Excavation)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 9417 9758 (227m by 204m) |
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Civil Parish | WAKERLEY, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Phoenix Consulting Archaeology Limited
Date
December 2020-April 2021
Description
A programme of archaeological mitigation works were undertaken across a part of a recently permitted quarry at Wakerley. The Site covered an area of c. 5.4 ha. The works primarily encountered evidence of Saxon period metalworking including a significant number of ore roasting pits and smelting furnaces, albeit generally poorly preserved, as well as contemporary ditched boundaries and additional discrete features. In addition, a few discrete pits of Early Roman date were encountered, suggesting that a Roman activity area perhaps lay somewhere beyond the northern edge of excavation. With the exception of plough furrows, indicating former ridge and furrow cultivation, no evidence of activity post-dating the Anglo-Saxon period was encountered.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNN115127 Report: Mustchin, ARR, Francis, KD, & Richmond, A. 2022. Excavations at Wakerley Quarry, Area A, Northamptonshire. Phoenix Consulting Achaeology Fieldwork Reports. PC445. Phoenix Consulting.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- 3097/3 Area of probable Anglo-Saxon iron working (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 6 2024 11:10AM