ENN111324 - Grendon Quarry, 1980 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference SP 8830 6216 (point)
Civil Parish GRENDON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Twenty-seven parallel trenches have been located at Grendon, each being 80cm to lm wide and 3m to 3.5m apart. The trenches overlay part of a pit alignment and were themselves overlain by later, but undated, ditches.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1981. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1980. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 16. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 207.
  • <2> Report: Jackson D.A.. 1995. Archaeology at Grendon Quarry, Northamptonshire: Part 2, Other Prehistoric, Iron Age and Later Sites Excavated in 1974-5, and Further Observations Between 1976-80. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 26. Northants. Archaeol. Soc.. p. 5 & 9-11.
  • <3> Plan: JACKSON D.. 1980?. Preliminary Excavation Plan.
  • <4> Interim Note: SHAW M.. 1981. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (11). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 11. C.B.A.. p. 23-6.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pit alignments and lazy bed system/possible vineyard, Grendon Quarry (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 7:18PM

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