Monument record 8607/1/1 - Post Medieval Quarry Pits (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Poor quality photography

{2} Preliminary site works revealed quantities of post medieval material, suggesting that the quarried ground here had been used for the disposal of domestic refuse prior to landscaping for the C20th golf course. There were also a few artefacts of much earllier date. Large tracts of land immediately adjacent to the Kettering Road appeared not to have been quarried in fact, and more artefacts of prehistoric and Roman date prompted specific attention to this area.
The 'Hills and Hollows' within the site were unsurprisingly revealed to be spoil heaps, composed of numerous pieces of thin, angular fissile sandy limestone. There were limited finds of good quality cream-coloured limestone slabs amongst the upcast that would appear to represent the kind of material originally quarried.

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

<2> Best J., 1998-9, Finds from Redevelopment of Part of the Old Northampton Golf Club Course, Kettering Road, Northampton 1994-1995, p.153-58 (part checked) (Article). SNN104044.

<3> Bradlaugh Barn Association, 2005, Secrets of Bradlaugh Fields, Northampton, (unchecked) (Guide). SNN106009.

<4> Welsh T., 2007, Hills and Hollows (Old Northampton Golf Club), Bradlaugh Fields SP769630 and SP770631, (unchecked) (Note). SNN106939.

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Jan 9 2013 5:54PM