ENN11430 - Raunds Area Project: Irthlingborough Barrows, 1987 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9639 7152 (646m by 844m) Transfer
Civil Parish IRTHLINGBOROUGH, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

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English Heritage

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Not recorded.

Description

Evaluation and excavation of the barrows has provided much information on these monuments and their surroundings. Despite the very substantial programme of trial trenching, surprisingly limited evidence of activity was found between the mounds.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Article: Humble J. 1991. Raunds Area Project 1987-90. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 23. Northants Archaeology Soc. 23/104-5 (checked).
  • <2> Book: Parry S. et al. 2006. Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94. EH, NCC, Oxbow Books. p. 153-4.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Bronze Age Funerary Site, Irthlingborough (Monument)
  • Bronze Age Round Barrow (Barrow 4) (Monument)
  • Prehistoric Round Barrow (Barrow 3) (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Raunds Area Project, 1985-1990 (Field Survey)

Record last edited

Nov 19 2024 4:57PM

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