Monument record 7419/0/1 - Probable undated droveway and pits

Two parallel ditches, aligned north-east to south-west, and c130m long were identified during archaeological investigations in assocation with the A43 Moulton Bypass. No dating evidence was found. A small number of undated pits were also found during the evaluation

{1} A pair of positive linear, ditch, anomalies are aligned south-west to north-east through the eastern half of the field. No readily apparent function can be attributed to them. Several discrete anomalies, possible pits, were located to the east and west of the ditches.

{2} The south-eastern ditch was up to 1.95m wide by 0.4m deep. The north-western ditch was up to 0.5m wide and 0.45m deep. Its fill was cut by a ditch on a west south-west to east north-east alignment. This was 0.65m wide and 0.4m deep and contained a sherd of post-medieval pottery.

{3} Excavation of the area of a balancing pond for the A43 Moulton Bypass was undertaken in 2016-7. The pair of parallel ditches observed in earlier phases of evaluation were excavated. Three sherds of pottery were found in the fill of one of the ditches but were considered likely to be residual. No date was provided for the pottery.

<1> Butler A., 2009, Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Overstone Leys, Northamptonshire April 2009, p.10 (checked) (Report). SNN107975.

<2> Simmonds C., 2011, Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation on Land at Overstone Leys, Overstone, Northamptonshire Phase 2, p.35 (checked) (Report). SNN107939.

<3> Finn, C., 2017, An archaeological excavation on land at the A43 Moulton Bypass, Northampton, November 2016-March 2017 (Report). SNN111409.

<4> Crank, N. (Editor), 2018, South Midlands Archaeology (48), p. 66 (Journal). SNN111393.

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Mar 15 2019 10:58AM