Monument record 4817/1 - Possible Saxon settlement, north of the A5

Archaeological trial trench excavation identified Anglo-Saxon activity in two adjacent trenches comprising ditches and a small sunken-featured building. The extent of this activity is not known as the features were not identified by a preceding geophysical survey.

{1} Archaeological trial trench excavation was undertaken in 2021 ahead of proposed development. A small sunken-featured building (SFB) and ditch dating to the Saxon period were identified in one trench. Further undated ditches, probably forming at least one enclosure, were identified in an adjacent trench and may date to the same period. Pottery from the SFB and ditch is broadly of the early-middle Anglo-Saxon period. The extent of the activity dated to this period is unknown because none of the features were identified during the preceding geophysical survey {2}.

<1> Koziminski, M and Pilkinton, K, 2021, Former Furtho Pit, Old Stratford, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Trial Trenching (Report). SNN114715.

<2> Burton, E, Jones, L and Dyulgerski, K, 2021, Geophysical survey report: Former Furtho Pit, Old Stratford, South Northamptonshire (Report). SNN114717.

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