ENN12036 - Raunds Area project: Grove Street, 1987 (Trial trench)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9947 7236 (124m by 72m) Central
Civil Parish RAUNDS, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit

Date

November 1987

Description

{1} Trial excavation undertaken prior to the conversion of a dovecote for residential use and the construction of housing in Grove Street. Seven trial trenches were excavated at right angles to and parallel with Grove Street. Late medieval postholes and slots to the east of the 18th-century dovecote. No features to the west except at the street frontage where possible 19th-century houses once stood.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> SMR Report Form: Parry S.. 1988. Raunds Area Project: Grove Street. January 1988. (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. 242 (Site 29/14).
  • <3> Newsletter: Council for British Archaeology. 1988. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (18). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 18. p. 35.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Possible C19th houses (Monument)
  • Possible Late Saxon/Medieval Structural Evidence (Monument)
  • Post Medieval & Modern Quarries (Monument)
  • Raunds (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Dec 13 2024 4:00PM

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