ENN17331 - Towcester Racing Stables, 1997 (Evaluation)

{1} A total of 9 trenches were excavated. A possible marsh, a medieval road and a postmedieval yard were identified in trench 2. The medieval road was also identified in trench 3 where the alignment indicates that it possibly linked Watling Street with the nearby deserted medieval settlement of Easton Neston. Dump deposits of cess and domestic refuse, ditches, pits, and a mortar mixing pit were also apparent in trench 3, suggesting medieval activity to the rear of a burgage plot fronting Watling Street. Evidence for Romano-British activity was suggested by the occurrence of a large percentage of residual pottery in later contexts. The two watercourses were found to be backfilled with debris from the demolition of a range of 19th century buildings.