ENN12063 - Raunds Area Project: The Orchard, 1984-6 (Trial trench)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9980 7303 (55m by 98m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish RAUNDS, North Northamptonshire (formerly East Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit

Date

Not recorded.

Description

{1} The trench details have been taken from illustrations in the source material, but the results of the evaluation are not discussed in the text. {2} Evidence of early Saxon settlement, but nothing during the middle Saxon period. Probable peasant tenements established in the late 9th-10th centuries, but nothing in the medieval period. [Data from NRHE record: Information from RCHME Microfilm Index, PRN 1490. Microfilm contains onlysite drawings; no other information available.]

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Book: Parry S. et al. 2006. Raunds Area Survey: An Archaeological Study of The Landscape of Raunds, Northamptonshire 1985-94. EH, NCC, Oxbow Books.
  • <2> Article: Dix B. (editor). 1986-7. The Raunds Area Project: Second Interim Report. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 21. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 18-25.
  • <3> Journal: 1987. Medieval Archaeology (31). MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY. 31. Society for Medieval Arch. p. 153.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Early and late Saxon settlement, The Orchard (Monument)
  • Raunds (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 2:59PM

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