Monument record 5411/0/11 - Probable middle Bronze Age activity

A series of undated pits, postholes, hearths, ditches and a cremation burial may be associated with a more extensive area of activity to the south-east. Radiocarbon dating of the cremated bone gave a middle Bronze Age date.

{1} Two pits, a possible hearth and a cremation burial were uncovered towards the north-eastern part of Area 1 and a single posthole was located towards the south of the area. No finds were recovered from the fills of any of these features, however, they have been assigned a Late Prehistoric date based on the similarity to other features located further to the south.

{2} No finds were recovered from the fills of any of these features; however, they have been assigned to the Middle Bronze Age on the basis of a radiocarbon determination of 1384-1128 cal. BC (SUERC-74056, 95.4%) on bone from the burial. The cremated bone could not be identified as male or female and the small quantity recovered suggests that only a token amount of the cremated individual had been deposited in the cremation pit.

Garland, N., Banks, P. and Stansbie, D., 2019, A later prehistoric landscape at Sandy Lane, Northampton (Article). SNN111727.

<1> Garland, N, 2017, Sandy Lane Improvement North, Northampton: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, March 2017 (Report). SNN110981.

<2> Banks, P, 2018, Sandy Lane Improvement North, Northampton: Summary Publication (Report). SNN111351.

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