ENN12046 - Raunds Furnells, 1977-1982 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 99856 73319 (133m by 126m) Approximate
Civil Parish RAUNDS, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

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Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit

Date

September 1977-August 1982

Description

Major excavations in the 1970s and 1980 revealed post-built structures and ditched enclosures as well as a manor with associated domestic ranges and a previously unknown church. All appear to have had reasonably short phases before alteration or demolition.

Sources/Archives (25)

  • <1> Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1981. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1980. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 16. Northants Archaeology Soc. Raunds.
  • <2> Article: Cadman G.. 1982. Raunds: Excavations 1981/2, an Interim Note. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 17. Northants Archaeology Soc. (unchecked).
  • <3> Article: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1983. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1982. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 18. Northants Archaeology Soc. Raunds.
  • <4> Correspondence: 2002. Skeletal Archive From Raunds Furnells, Northamptonshire. 18/2/2002. (unchecked).
  • <5> Report: Audouy M.; Chapman A.. 2009. Raunds, The Origin and Growth of A Midland Village, AD 450-1500 (Excavations in North Raunds 1997-87). Oxbow Books. (unchecked).
  • <6> Report: Audouy M.; Chapman A.. 2009. Raunds, The Origin and Growth of A Midland Village, AD 450-1500 (Part 3: Finds). Oxbow Books. (unchecked).
  • <7> Interim Report: Northamptonshire County Council. 1979. Raunds 1979. N.C.C.. (unchecked).
  • <8> Leaflet: . RAUNDS 1980: SITE GUIDE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY C.
  • <9> Report: . 1983. RAUNDS EXCAVATION 1977-1982: PUBLICATION SYNOPSIS. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY C.
  • <10> Leaflet: N.C.C.. 1987. Raunds Area Project: Raunds- A Saxon and medieval Village.
  • <11> Unspecified: . 1985. THE RAUNDS AREA PROJECT: THE HISTORY OF A LANDSCAPE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY C.
  • <12> Article: BODDINGTON A.; CADMAN G.. 1981. Raunds: an interim report on excavations 1977-80. BAR. 92.
  • <13> Typescript Report: CADMAN G.E.. 1983. RAUNDS 1977-1983: AN EXCAVATION SUMMARY. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY. 27.
  • <14> Report: BODDINGTON A.; ET AL. 1996. Raunds Furnells: The Anglo-Saxon church and churchyard. English Heritage Archaeological Reports. 7. ENGLISH HERITAGE.
  • <15> Article: BODDINGTON A.. 1979. Excavations At Raunds 1977-78: An Interim Account. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 14. Northamptonshire Arch Soc. p. 97-100.
  • <16> Note: BODDINGTON A.. 1979. CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER. CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER. 9.
  • <17> Journal: 1978. Medieval Archaeology (22). MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY. 22. Society for Medieval Arch. p. 149, 181.
  • <18> Article: Boddington A.. 1987. Raunds, Northamptonshire: Analysis of a Country Churchyard. World Archaeology. 18 No. 3.
  • <19> Notes: 1984. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (6). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 6. p. 29-33.
  • <20> Article: Youngs, S M, Clark, J & Barry, T B. 1983. Medieval Britain in 1982. Medieval Archaeology. 27. p. 107-22.
  • <21> Article: Webster, L E & Cherry, J. 1979. Medieval Britain in 1978. Medieval Archaeology. 23. p. 242.
  • <22> Article: FOARD G.R.; PEARSON T.. 1985. The Raunds Area Project: First Interim Report. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 20. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 3-21.
  • <23> Journal: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1978. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 13. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 188-189.
  • <24> Book: Parsons, D. 1990. Stone Quarrying and Building in England, AD 43-1525. Philimore. p. 186-206.
  • <25> Digital archive: McKerracher, M. 2022. Radiocarbon dating archaeobotanical remains from North Raunds. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057492.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (11)

  • Anglo-Scandinavian Farm, Raunds Furnells (Monument)
  • Early Middle Saxon Settlement, Raunds Furnells (Monument)
  • Furnell's Manor, Phase II (Early Medieval) (Monument)
  • Furnell's Manor, Phase III (The Western Manor, Medieval) (Monument)
  • Furnells Manor (The Eastern Manor, C14th/15th) (Monument)
  • Late Saxon & Early Medieval Church at Furnells (Monument)
  • Late Saxon Manorial Enclosure, Raunds Furnells (Monument)
  • Late Saxon Quarries (Possibly for First Church Building), Used as Boundary Ditches & Rubbish Pits (Monument)
  • Possible Medieval Cross (Monument)
  • Raunds (Monument)
  • Unstratified Prehistoric Flints (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 7:47PM

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