ENN13088 - Castle Station 1988 (Watching brief)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 7483 6066 (48m by 107m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit
Date
February-April 1988
Description
{2} A watching brief during the construction of a car park on the site of Northampton Castle. It had been assumed that all traces of the castle in this area had been quarried away but in constructing an exit road from the car park onto St Andrews' Road. It located the inner bailey ditch still surviving to a width of 16 m. A series of late Saxon deposits was also present. {5} Archive notes indicate that a larger area was opened up and two sections exposed. The outer barbican ditch was exposed in the larger area to the north and an earlier Saxon ditch was interpreted as the Saxon defesive line. The inner bailey ditch was identified in the southern exposed section [B] and Saxon deposits in the northern [A].
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SNN49256 SMR Report Form: SHAW M. & WILLIAMS A.. 1988. Railway Station, Northampton; Watching brief.
- <2> SNN653 Note: Gaimster D.R.M.; Margeson S.; Barry T.;. 1989. Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1988. Medieval Archaeology. 33. Society for Medieval Arch. p.204.
- <3> SNN3620 Report: SHAW M. & WILLIAMS A.. 1989. CASTLE STATION. SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY: CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER. 19. THE COUNCIL FOR BRITISH A. p.29-30.
- <4> SNN104441 Article: Dix B.. 1992. Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 24. Northants Archaeology Soc. p.122 (unchecked).
- <5>XY SNN116782 Archive: Shaw, M and Williams, A. 1988. Railway Station, Northampton. [Mapped features: #41363 Open area, ; #41364 Section A, ; #41365 Section B, ]
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Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
Record last edited
Mar 28 2025 2:11PM
