Monument record 4798/0/8 - Possible Medieval Ditches/Gullies

{1} Positive anomalies of possible archaeological origin, forming possibly field systems.

{2} The southern part of Trench 6 contained the base of two furrows, one was 0.85m wide x 0.1m deep with gently sloping sides to a concave base. The other was up to 2.8m wide x 0.12m deep and was cut by a sub-circular posthole.
The remnants of the building in Trench 5 are much less substantial than those in Trench 13, and this, along with the limited quantity of associated artefacts, suggests that it was possibly a small field barn, or outlying agricultural building, rather than being domestic in nature. This also suggests that the adjacent large ditches could be associated enclosure ditches for the containment of livestock, with one of them potentially extending as far north-east as Trench 6.

<1> Jefferson, N., 2013, Land at Hanslope Road, Hartwell, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey (Stage 2), p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN109459.

<2> Murray L., 2014, Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Hanslope Road, Hartwell, Northamptonshire, p.4+8 (checked) (Report). SNN109825.

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May 14 2015 4:45PM