Monument record 2600/0/47 - Medieval boundary ditch and ridge & furrow

{1} Ridge and furrow lay on a north south axis which drained towards the brook in the north. They were spaced at slightly less than 7m at their centres.The occurrence of ridge and furrow over previous possible Saxon occupation areas shows a significant change in lad use. The individual furrow bases were up to 1.5m wide and a max depth of 0.2m deep. They were all flat bottomed and in the base of some plough scars were visible. The furrows were not traced at the northern or southern end of the site. Pottery from the furrows was predominately residual late Saxon material. The 1621 survey shows the area being divided up into separate land parcels. Excavations identified a ditch defining the rear of one of the land units fronting onto Chapel Street. The ditch was identified in either Trenches 9 or 10 of the evaluation. The point at which the E W ditch joined the ditch defining the rear of the properties fronting onto Buntings Lane present approx 10m to the west of the transcription location. This shallow ditch up to 0.35m deep produced Lyveden ware. The continuation of the boundary around the property fronting on Buntings Lane was identified as a recut gallery. The next boundary to the south was also identified in Trench 1 as a recut gully. To the south of which were th eremains of possible walls and stone yard surfaces containing pottery from the early/middle saxon into the Post-medieval period.

<0> Chapman A, 1998-9, Warmington, Manor House, (unchecked) (Note). SNN104066.

1999, Medieval Archaeology (43), p.272 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN107451.

<1> Meadows I., 2002, Peterborough Road, Warmington, Northamptonshire: Excavations 1998, Final Report, Section 4.8 (Report). SNN102276.

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Feb 7 2012 2:46PM