Monument record 589/0/12 - Medieval Linear Settlement Features (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork. A trial trench excavated across the bank in 2019 did not identify any definable layers associated with it, nor any finds

{2} Trial trench excavation was undertaken in 2019 at The Old Rectory. The earthwork bank was in an area of other upstanding earthworks. This bank was aligned east to west at the base of the natural slope. It was observed for c40m, was 5m wide 0.30m high, had a rounded top and gradual sloping sides. Where the trench cut across the bank there were no definable separate layers that corresponded with it, the subsoil and topsoil were instead slightly thicker at this location. This earthwork bank together with other earthworks in the deer park, are likely to be the result of landscaping perhaps in part to mitigate against the seasonal flooding or to further divide the plot of land.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Jones, C., 2019, Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation on land at The Old Rectory, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire April 2019 (Report). SNN111493.

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Feb 15 2024 12:53PM