Monument record 1301/0/181 - Probable Remains of 19th Century Buildings

{1} A stone-lined pit, 1.05m wide with an undisturbed depth of 0.45m. The lining consisted of roughly shaped limestone, no larger than 0.3m long, 0.24m wide and 0.08m thick with occasional patches of mortar. The lower two fills contained fragments of pottery and clay pipe dated to the 19th century along with a small amount of animal bone, glass and tile. The pit probably related to buildings that fronted onto Grove Street shown on the 1880s Ordnance Survey map.
In the north of the site a ditch was encountered at a depth of 1.5m and as a result had to be recorded from the trench edge. It was approximately 1.6m wide and at least 0.85m deep, possibly with a U-shaped profile but the section was heavily smeared. The ditch ran north-east to south-west and the probable continuation was seen in a number of the trenches.
A further possible ditch was also uncovered in the northernmost trench, running on a perpendicular alignment. No dating evidence was recovered from these ditches, however both respect the orientation of Grove Street and therefore may be related to the gardens seen on the 1880s Ordnance Survey map.

<1> Ladocha J., 2012, Archaeological Observation, Investigation and Recording at 35 Grove Street, Raunds, Northamptonshire May-June 2012, p.5-6 (checked) (Report). SNN109272.

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Nov 27 2014 6:27PM