ENN5507 - Burcote Wood Farm, 1972-6 (Excavation)
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Location
| Grid reference | SP 685 469 (point) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TOWCESTER, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
South Kensington Museum
Date
Not recorded.
Description
Permission to excavate first given in 1972 when Field 70 was examined (Area A). When the farm changed hands in 1974 Field 68 (Area B) was threatened by posting or chisel ploughing. Permission to excavate this field ahead of this was given by the new tenant farmer. Field 68 had been under the plough for some time, but Field 70 remained under pasture and excavation revealed that it had not been cultivated in post-Roman times.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SNN723 Report: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1977. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1976. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 12. Northants Archaeology Soc. 12/218-223 (part checked).
- <2> SNN52014 Note: 1974. Wood Burcote excavations. (unchecked).
- <3> SNN110764 Book: Turland, R E & Woods, P J. 2017. Excavations at Burcote Wood Farm, Wood Burcote, Towcester, Northamptonshire, 1972-1982 and 2010: An introductory account.
External Links (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- 724/2 Late 1st-early 2nd Romano-British Mill Building (RCHME Building D) replaced in the medieval period (Building)
- 724/4 Probable Late Belgic/Early Romano-British Pottery Manufacture (Monument)
- 723/0/1 Probable Neolithic/Bronze Age Occupation, east of Swinneyford Farm (Monument)
- 724/1 Roman 'Villa', Swinneyford Farm (Burcote Wood Farm villa) (Monument)
- 724 Wood Burcote Roman villa and temple (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 19 2024 5:59PM
