Monument record 7551/0/16 - Post medieval quarry

Excavation prior to development revealed an area of post medieval quarrying

{1} A large irregular area of quarrying, measuring at least 16m by 12m, covered most of the footprint of the new stable building. A small part of a second area of quarrying was exposed in the southern corner. Most of the quarrying was less than 0.5m deep, although in a few places it was up to 1m deep. The geological deposits immediately around the quarrying generally contained more stones than the sandy deposit in the base of the quarry suggesting that the quarrying was targeting the stones, presumably as building material. The backfilled deposits within the quarries, varied from mid grey-brown clay silt to dark grey-brown sandy silt. Three small pottery sherds were recovered from the fills of the larger area of quarrying. One is a Staffordshire slipware rim sherd (Northants. CTS Code F409) of late 17th to 18th-century date. The others are two body sherds from a mid 18th- to early 19th-century creamware vessel (F415).

<1> Gregson, R., 2015, Land off Rockingham Road, Cottingham, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample Investigation, January 2015, p. 6 (Report). SNN110455.

<2> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 31 (Journal). SNN111326.

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Jan 8 2019 1:45PM