Monument record 5228/0/1 - Site of probable prehistoric activity, Hardwick Road

Archaeological evaluation identified a north-south aligned feature from which two worked flints, comprising a flake and a plano-convex knife, as well as fragments of animal bone were recovered. The knife is of a type which was in use from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age periods. A further, undated, ditch was identified in a trench to the north. Subsequent excavation to define the prehistoric feature did not identify anything other than a post-medieval field boundary.

{1} Archaeological evaluation of land adjacent to Hardwick Road identified two ditches, both aligned north-south, in separate trenches. The southern ditch, which was very shallow, contained a flint flake and plano-convex knife, a tool type that was in use from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age periods and is often recovered in association with Collared Urns. A partial cattle molar was also recovered. No finds were recovered from the ditch to the north, although its similar alignment suggests that it may be contemporary.

{2} Archaeological investigation was undertaken to further define the prehistoric feature but nothing corresponding with the ditch recorded during the previous evaluation was identified during the excavation. A single post-medieval ditch aligned north-south was found. The ditch is probably part of a field system created after enclosure;

<1> Day, M, 2018, Land adjacent to Hardwick Road, Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation (Report). SNN111376.

<2> Whelan, A., 2019, Land adjacent to 31 Hardwick Road, Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample (Report). SNN111642.

<3> Crank, N. (Editor), 2019, South Midlands Archaeology (49), p. 69 (Journal). SNN111755.

<4> Cotswold Archaeology, 2022, Images and GIS Data from Archaeological Evaluation at Land adjacent to Hardwick Road, Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire June 2018, https://doi.org/10.5284/1090512 (Digital archive). SNN113137.

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