ENN11651 - A45/A605 Development (West Cotton), 1985-86 (Major Excavation)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 97569 72549 (176m by 253m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RAUNDS, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit
Date
Not recorded.
Description
{2} The western half of the settlement area was subject to extensive area excavation between 1985-89. This covered c.13,000sq.m. Excavation was carried out by Northamptonshire County Council as part of the Raunds Area Project, and at West Cotton was intended to allow the investigation of a minor hamlet to test if its origins were long after the creation of the main villages or whether it represents the last remnants of the early-middle Saxon settlement pattern. {3} Excavation began in March 1985 with the opening of a single elongated area 140m long x 30m wide along the line of the new road. Excavation was only completed towards the end of 1986, the trenches backfilled prior to commencement of road construction early in 1987.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SNN69970 Article: FOARD G.R.; PEARSON T.. 1985. The Raunds Area Project: First Interim Report. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 20. Northants Archaeology Soc. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN105780 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.30+174 (checked).
- <3> SNN107508 Book: Chapman A.. 2011. West Cotton, Raunds: A Study of Medieval Settlement Dynamics AD450 - 1450 (Excavation of a Deserted Medieval Hamlet in Northamptonshire, 1985-89). Oxbow. p.7 (unchecked).
- <4> SNN62621 Report: Windell D.; Chapman A.; Woodiwiss J.. 1990. From Barrows to Bypass: Excavations at West Cotton, Raunds, Northamptonshire, 1985-1989. N.C.C.. (checked).
- <5> SNN68993 Report: . 1987. RAUNDS AREA PROJECT: WEST COTTON EXCAVATIONS. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY C.
- <6> SNN77228 Leaflet: . 1989. WEST COTTON EXCAVATIONS: 1985-1989. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY C.
- <7> SNN108326 Project Design: Rault S.; Harding J.. 1999. Raunds Prehistoric: Project Design for Completion of Analysis and Dissemination. 1998. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
- <8> SNN100659 Journal: Pike, A (ed). 1989. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (19). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 19. C.B.A.. p. 35-9.
- <9> SNN39962 Journal: Pike A. (Editor). 1990. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (20). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 20. C.B.A.. p. 45-51.
- <10> SNN115668 Digital archive: McKerracher, M. 2022. Radiocarbon dating archaeobotanical remains from West Cotton, Raunds. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057492.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (22)
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- 1742/0/9 Early Medieval Buildings (Monument)
- 1742/0/14 Early Saxon Structure On Top of Neolithic Mound (Monument)
- 1742/0/15 Earthwork of the Former Course of The Cotton Brook (Monument)
- 1742/0/19 Late Medieval/Post Medieval Flood Defences (Monument)
- 5390/0/1 Late Neolithic Ditched Enclosure, West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390/0/7 Late Neolithic riverside structure, West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390/0/5 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Long Mound, West Cotton (Monument)
- 1742/0/7 Late Saxon & Medieval Boundary Ditch/Hollow Way (Monument)
- 1742/1 Late Saxon settlement (AD950-1100), West Cotton (Monument)
- 1742/0/18 Medieval Horticultural Plots/Paddocks (Monument)
- 1742/4 Medieval manor (AD 1250-1450), West Cotton (Monument)
- 1742/8 Medieval Tenement 'A' (Monument)
- 1742/9 Medieval Tenement 'B' (Monument)
- 1742/10 Medieval Village Green (Monument)
- 5390/2/1 Neolithic 'Long Enclosure', West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390/1/2 Neolithic double ring ditch, West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390/1/1 Neolithic Causewayed Ring Ditch, West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390/0/2 Neolithic human remains and Early Bronze Age Round Barrow (Barrow 6), West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390/0/4 Neolithic Turf Mound, West Cotton (Monument)
- 5390 Neolithic/Bronze Age Ritual Complex at West Cotton (Monument)
- 1742 West Cotton (aka Wilwencotes) (Monument)
Record last edited
Jul 23 2024 9:44AM
