ENN6431 - Whitelands, 1991 (Trial trench)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7258 6368 (1183m by 777m) Approximate
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Oxford Archaeology South (formerly OAU)

Date

March-June 1991

Description

{1} Twenty-eight trial trenches were excavated. The trenching confirmed the existence, nature and date of all the major sites revealed by air photo and geophysical survey. Trenching also confirmed the existence of site 6, but did not reveal any features under the flint scatter NE of the Causewayed Enclosure. As has been mentioned above, the pits identified by geophysical survey were confirmed by trial trenching. Site code: NKHW 91.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> SMR Report Form: Moore, J.. 1992. SMR Report Form. (checked).
  • <2> Report: OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY UNIT. 1991. King's Heath Whitelands, Northampton: Archaeological Evaluation Report. Oxford Archaeology Unit Fieldwork Reports. (checked).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (10)

  • Middle to Late Iron Age and early Roman Settlement (Monument)
  • Neolithic Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
  • Prehistoric Pit Alignment (Monument)
  • Prehistoric Pit Alignment (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
  • Prehistoric Settlement, east of Grange Farm (Monument)
  • Probable Early Saxon Features (Monument)
  • Probable Iron Age & Romano-British Settlement, Dallington Heath (Monument)
  • Probable Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure, Dallington (Monument)
  • Undated pits (Monument)
  • Unstratified Prehistoric Finds (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Dec 19 2024 9:51AM

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