ENN5773 - Anglian Water Authority Sewer Trench, 1976-77 (Watching brief)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 6932 4876 (410m by 417m) (4 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TOWCESTER, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District) |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Department of the Environment
Date
Not recorded.
Description
{1} This sewer trench cut longitudinally through the Roman town along the line of, or parallel to, Watling Street, and involved disturbance in various crucial positions along the lines of the postulated southern defensive circuit.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SNN51901 Uncertain: Woodfield, C.. 1976?. Towcester- Anglian Water Authority Sewer Trench, February to October 1976. 6948101. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN77382 Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1982. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 4. HMSO. (unchecked).
- <3> SNN2192 Journal: Brown A.E. (Editor). 1978. Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1977. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 13. Northants Archaeology Soc. 13/182-183.
- <4> SNN113432 Plan: Woodfield, P and Woodfield, C. 1976. Towcester, Anglian Water Authority Sewer Trench, 1976.
External Links (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (8)
- 727/2/5 Civil war defensive ditch (Monument)
- 726/3/3 Inhumations, likely Roman (Monument)
- 726 Lactodorum (Monument)
- 726/4/12 Possible site of South Gate (Monument)
- 726/0/52 Roman pit (Monument)
- 726/4/7 Roman Town defences: NE corner (Monument)
- 726/0/72 Undated ditch (Monument)
- 447/1/11 Watling Street Metalling (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 19 2024 6:04PM
