Monument record 1711/2 - Possible mid-late Iron Age pit, West End

Archaeological evaluation identified a feature, thought to be a ditch. A single sherd of mid-late Iron Age pottery was recovered from the fill. The feature was located c100m to the north of a small Iron Age settlement. Subsequent excavation confirmed that the feature was a pit.

{1} Archaeological evalaution revealed an east-west aligned ditch where a cluster of 'pit-like' responses had been identified on the geophysical survey plot. The ditch measured c. 2.7m wide and 0.6m deep. A
pottery sherd was recovered from the middle fill dated to the mid-late Iron Age. The ditch may relate to an identified geophysical survey anomaly interpreted as a cultivation feature. Its size may suggest that it is an outlying boundary/field ditch.

{2} Archaeological excavation undertaken in 2018 found that the feature was a large irregular pit. No further finds were recovered.

<1> Coates G.; Richmond A., 2011, Archaeological evaluation: Trial Trenching at West End, Raunds, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111273.

<2> Markus, S., 2019, Archaeological excavation on land north of Brick Kiln Road, Raunds, Northamptonshire, December 2018 (Report). SNN111635.

<3> Crank, N. (Editor), 2020, South Midlands Archaeology (50), p. 88 (Journal). SNN112426.

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Apr 15 2021 4:20PM