Monument record 9223/0/2 - Post medieval field boundary

Archaeological investigation undertaken prior to the construction of the Deanshanger to Greatworth Pipeline identified a single ditch in an area where there were known cropmarks. The ditch was likely to be a post-medieval field boundary.

{1} A shallow ditch aligned north-south, c3.4m wide and at least 0.28m deep. A stoney ridge down the centre of the feature suggests that it comprised two adjacent, parallel cuts. Numerous roots and a poorly defined edge suggest a hedgeline may have been along the eastern edge. The nature of the fill and map evidence suggests that the ditch is probably post medieval and a pre-enclosure field boundary.

{2} Further investigation of the ditch established that it was 0.97m deep and was a single ditch, not a multiple ditch as had originally been thought.

<1> Carlyle, S., 2009, Archaeological evaluation for the Deanshanger to Greatworth AWS Pipeline near Evenley, Northamptonshire, August 2009, p.5 (checked) (Report). SNN106534.

<2> Carlyle, S., 2010, AWS Deanshanger to Greatworth Pipeline: Excavation on the Site of Evenley Mill, Evenley, October 2009, p.10 (checked) (Report). SNN106787.

<3> Horne B. (Editor), 2010, South Midlands Archaeology (40), p.19 (checked) (Journal). SNN107083.

<4> Chapman, P. (Ed.), 2010, Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 2008, p.190 (checked) (Article). SNN107502.

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