ENN18249 - Brixworth Bypass, 1989 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7511 6985 (10m by 10m) Central
Civil Parish BRIXWORTH, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

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Organisation

Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit

Date

Not recorded.

Description

{1} A watching brief was maintained during the construction of Brixworth Bypass in an area where a concentration of early/middle Saxon pottery had been identified. A salvage excavation was carried out when a complex of features was discovered.

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Report: Shaw M.. 1993. The Discovery of Saxon Sites Below Fieldwalking Scatters: Settlement Evidence at Brixworth and Upton. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 25. Northants. Arch. Soc.. p. 77-92.
  • <2> Article: Brown A.E. (ed.). 1980. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 15. Northants Archaeology Soc.
  • <3> Note: CADMAN G.E.. 1989. SMR REPORT FORM- Brixworth Bypass, 1989.
  • <4> Article: Dix B.. 1992. Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 24. Northants Archaeology Soc.
  • <5> Report: Shaw M.. 1990. Archaeology and The Brixworth Bypass: A Saxon Site and Other Finds Made During the Construction of the Brixworth Bypass. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. Northants Archaeology.
  • <6> Journal: Pike A. (Editor). 1990. South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (20). South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter. 20. C.B.A.. p. 33.
  • <7> Journal: 1990. Medieval Archaeology (34). Medieval Archaeology. 34. Society for Medieval Arch. p. 203-4.
  • <8> Notes: Curteis M.; Musgrave E.; Tingle M. (Editors). 1995. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1995. Northamptonshire Archaoelogy. 26. p. 79.
  • <9> Report: Shaw M.. 1990. Archaeology and The Brixworth Bypass: A Saxon Site and Other Finds Made During the Construction of the Brixworth Bypass. Northamptonshire Archaeology Fieldwork Reports. Northants Archaeology.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Early-middle Saxon settlement, Brixworth Bypass (Monument)
  • Unstratified early-middle Saxon pottery (Find Spot)
  • Unstratified Finds (Find Spot)

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Dec 19 2024 4:27PM

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