Monument record 5089/0/9 - Prehistoric Pit Alignment

Pit alignment traced for c200m, aligned north-south and which respects an earlier east-west aligned boundary ditch

{1} Pit Alignment PA4 was located in the western part of the SMS Area and unlike the other pit alignments, it was not visible on the geophysical survey results. This was due to being masked by strong positive magnetic signals of the open field system which in this area of the site contained darker cultural soils. The pit alignment PA4 projected northwards from BD1 and comprised 62 pits over a distance of 192m. It may have continued northwards outside of the proposed development area but the depth of overburden including colluvium (c1.0m) and the presence of large spoil heaps meant it could not be recorded further. Unlike the other pit alignments there was no obvious gap, instead the pits had been truncated by later ditches. Sherds of pottery suggest that the pit alignment may still have been open during the latter part of the middle Iron Age

<1> Simmonds C., 2017, Archaeological excavation on land at Pineham Zone H, Northamptonshire September 2015 to May 2016: Assessment report and updated project design, p. 25 (Report). SNN110986.

<2> Simmonds, C, 2019, Archaeological Excavations on land at Pineham Zone H, Northamptonshire September 2015 to May 2016, p. 25 (Report). SNN112261.

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Aug 22 2023 11:38AM