Monument record MNN173987 - Probable Iron Age settlement, north-west of Leywell Spinney

Archaeological trial trench excavation undertaken in 2023 identified a ditch and pit both of which contained Iron Age pottery. A shallow wall foundation was also identified in the same trench, but the construction cut contained both Iron Age and medieval pottery.

{1} Archaeological trial trench excavation was undertaken in 2023 on the proposed pipeline route between the Draughton Waste Recycling Centre and the Brixworth Waste Recycling Centre. In the northernmost trench there was a ditch cut by a pit. The ditch contained middle Iron Age pottery and the pit contained metal, bone and Iron Age pottery. The construction cut of a shallow wall foundation contained both Iron Age and medieval pottery and it could not be established whether the Iron Age pottery was residual in a later feature or whether the medieval pottery was intrusive (or whether it was all residual).

<1> Ioan Huw Espley, Marius Ilie and Kris Poole, 2023, Draughton, Northamptonshire: report on an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation (Report). SNN117201.

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Sep 1 2026 11:07AM