ENN12387 - Woolmonger Street, 1994 (Trial trench)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 75279 60276 (133m by 135m) Central
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Eleven trenches excavated in a large scale evaluation in the area around Woolmonger Street. Project was an attempt to locate the Early Medieval town defences. Separate periods of trial trenching in March & October of 1994 classed under same Site Number.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Article: Soden I.. 1998-9. A Story of Urban Regeneration: Excavations in Advance of Development off St Peter's Walk, Northampton, 1994-7. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 28. p. 61-127.
  • <2> Report: Shaw M.; Steadman S.. 1994. Woolmonger Street, Northampton: Proposed Retail Development Archaeological Evaluation Stage 2 - Trial Trenching. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. Northants. County Council.
  • <3> Journal: Horne, B (Editor). 1995. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (25). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 25. C.B.A.. p. 41.
  • <4> Report: Parry S.; Webster M.. 1994. Woolmonger Street, Northampton: Proposed Retail Development, Stage 3- Additional Trial Trenching. Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit. Stage 3 Evaluation. Northants. County Council.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (17)

  • Former modern building (Monument)
  • Group of Tenements on South of Woolmonger Street (Monument)
  • Late medieval wall (Monument)
  • Late medieval/post-medieval stone-lined drain (Monument)
  • Late Saxon and medieval activity, south of Woolmonger Street (Monument)
  • Late Saxon and medieval occupation, north side of Woolmonger Street (Western Plot) (Monument)
  • Late Saxon pit (Monument)
  • Medieval activity (Monument)
  • Medieval pits (Monument)
  • Modern building (Monument)
  • Northampton (Monument)
  • Possible Iron Age activity (Monument)
  • Post medieval wall foundations (Monument)
  • Saxon and medieval occupation, north of Woolmonger Street (Eastern plot) (Monument)
  • Saxon to late medieval pits (Monument)
  • Site of Saxo-Norman and medieval plots, St John's Street (Monument)
  • Unstratified Iron Age, and possibly Roman, finds (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 12:38PM

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