Monument record 2129/0/23 - Possible Saxon settlement, Penn's Orchard

Trial trench excavation identified a possible Saxon building. A diagnostic sherd of Anglo-Saxon pottery was found in one of the postholes. Several undated ditches and gullies were also exposed, but may be contemporary.

{1} Trial trench excavation was undertaken in a former orchard on the north-east side of the village. Archaeological features were identified in four of the trenches. Eleven postholes were located in Trench 2. They appeared to represent a single structure; the spacing between them was variable and they were either sub-circular or elliptical in plan. Each posthole had a single fill. A single sherd of probable early Anglo-Saxon pottery was present in one. Several ditches and gullies were identified in other trenches. Although undated they may be contemporary.

{2} The overall assemblage of carbonised cereal grains and other plant macrofossils recovered from the post-holes and three other linear features are congruent with the Anglo-Saxon period or later.

<1> Wilson, M., 2015, Penn's Orchard, Station Road, Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire, p (Report). SNN110248.

<2> Crank, N. (Editor), 2017, South Midlands Archaeology (47), p. 46 (Journal). SNN111362.

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