ENN17798 - Grendon Quarry, 1976-1980 (Watching brief)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 879 619 (500m by 900m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GRENDON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit
Date
Not recorded.
Description
{1} Watching brief and salvage excavations carried out whilst quarrying was in progress. The principal features located included at least three ring ditches and four Bronze Age vessels found in small pits; a complex of pit alignments and their relationships; an unusual pre-medieval agricultural system possibly used for growing vines and four Saxon SFBs [Data from NRHE: Finds & archive will be deposited at Northampton Central Museum & Art Gallery after the excavation report has been compiled. SMR number(Northamptonshire): 8862001]
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SNN70994 Report: Jackson D.A.. 1995. Archaeology at Grendon Quarry, Northamptonshire: Part 2, Other Prehistoric, Iron Age and Later Sites Excavated in 1974-5, and Further Observations Between 1976-80. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 26. Northants. Archaeol. Soc.. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN44013 Report: Jackson D.A.. 1980. Excavation and Observation at Grendon Gravel Quarry 1976-1980.
- <3> SNN2192 Journal: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1978. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 13. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 178.
- <4> SNN60830 Newsletter: HALL D.N.. 1978. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (8). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 8. C.B.A.. p. 4.
- <5> SNN28703 Journal: Hall, D (Ed). 1979. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (9). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 9. C.B.A.. p. 49.
- <6> SNN56490 Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1980. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 15. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 166.
- <7> SNN723 Report: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1977. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 12. Northants Archaeology Soc. p. 208-9 and 224.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (11)
- 3728/1/2 Bronze Age double-ditched round barrow and pits, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3729/0/2 Early-middle Saxon site, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3729/0/1 Early-middle Saxon site, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3727/0/5 Iron Age Pit Alignment (Monument)
- 3727/0/9 Middle Iron Age Enclosure, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3728/1/1 Neolithic or Bronze Age oval enclosure or ring ditch, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3727/0/27 Possible Bronze Age ring ditch and pits, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3727/0/37 Probable Iron Age Enclosure, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
- 3727/1 Probable Iron Age Iron Production, Grendon Lakes (Monument)
- 3727/0/2 Probable Prehistoric Pit Alignment (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
- 3727/0/3 Two Parallel Prehistoric Pit Alignments (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 19 2024 7:05PM
