Monument record 3272/8/4 - C19th Pit (Soak-Away)

{1} Trial excavation showed that the area south of the barn had been levelled to build a cart shed, probably in the second half of the 19th century. A soak-away, probably for the stable drain, and a vestige of the cart shed foundations were recovered. There was no other archaeology present.
At the north end of Trench 1 a large, deep pit had been dug into the natural limestone. The sides were vertical to steep sided but raggedly cut. The pit extended towards the barn to the north and west, in both directions beyond the limit of the trench. Brick from the pit dates it to the C19th, and its location suggests that it was a soak-away for a drain at the base of the stone cross wall built within the barn when it was converted to the stable.

<1> Soden I., 2013, Archaeological Building Recording and Evaluation at Manor Farm Barn, 7 Dychurch Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire, p.1-12 (checked) (Report). SNN109628.

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