ENN12880 - Land adjacent to Campbell Square, 1995 (Trial trench)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7549 6102 (37m by 47m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology
Date
Not recorded.
Description
{1} An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land adjcant to Campbell Square, Northampton to determine whether remains connected with the medieval or civil-war defences survived on the site. The evaluation comprised a desk-based study, ground-probing radar survey and trial trenching. A substantial but short-lived ditch was located along the suspected line of the defences. It could only be assigned a broad 12th-17th century date and it had been heavily truncated by subsequent quarrying. A short length of wall may belong to the period of the Civil War but again had been largely removed by later quarrying.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SNN1089 Report: Soden, I and Holmes, M. 1995. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION ADJACENT TO CAMPBELL SQUARE, UNSPECIFIED. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ARCHAEOL.
- <2> SNN40064 Notes: Horne, B (editor). 1996. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (26). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 26. p. 33.
External Links (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- 1160/0/173 C17th-C19th Quarrying (Monument)
- 1160 Northampton (Monument)
- 1160/3 Northampton's Medieval & Post Medieval Town Wall and Defences (Monument)
- 1160/3/7 Possible Civil War Bastion, Upper Mounts (Monument)
- 1160/3/6 Possible defensive ditch, Upper Mounts (Monument)
- 1160/69 The British School (Monument)
Record last edited
Apr 1 2025 9:50AM
