Monument record 5304/0/4 - Undated ditches and pits, Upton

Archaeological watching brief undertaken during flood attenuation works identified a cluster of undated ditches, gullies, pits and postholes. One of the ditches ran parallel to an existing boundary and is probably post-medieval or modern. The other features are probably the vestiges of a post-medieval water-management system.

{1} Archaeological watching brief was undertaken a flood attenuation scheme. A number of features were found during the stripping of the eastern spur. There was an east to west aligned ditch measuring 1.3m wide and 0.2m deep. It was parallel and c.8m to the north of an existing boundary ditch. A ditch, aligned north west to south east and measuring 0.7m wide and 0.1m deep. Its fill contained abraded fragments of brick and tile and one piece of fuel ash slag. The truncated remnants of six parallel gullies were aligned north north west to south south east. Short sections of three further parallel gullies on a slightly more westerly alignment were also identified. There were remnants of three other possible gullies. A cluster of three pits was identified. Pit 144 was 0.39m in diameter and 0.2m deep with a steep-sided profile and concave base. To the south was pit 148, 0.45m in diameter and 0.14m deep with a U-shaped profile. To the east was pit 150 which was 0.6m in diameter and 0.12m deep with a shallow U-shaped profile. There was a scatter of ten undated postholes across the area.

<1> Foard-Colby A.; Carlyle S., 2008, A Bronze Age Cremation Burial From Upton, Northampton: Upton Flood Attenuation (Phase 2), Archaeological Watching Brief, p. 4-5 (checked) (Report). SNN106098.

<2> Foard-Colby A., 2008, A Collared Urn Burial from Upton, Northampton, pp.15-26 (checked) (Article). SNN106431.

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