Monument record 1160/259/1 - Site of Saxon/medieval occupation, Horseshoe Street

Excavation on Horseshoe Street found a deep deposit of garden soil beneath which was a series of pits and gullies some containing Saxo-Norman pottery.

{1}Area B lay further south on Horseshoe Street and measured 13m. N. by 6m. E. Under a deep deposit of garden soil was a series of pits and gullies some containing Saxo-Norman pottery.

{2}Late Saxon & medieval settlement remains; series of pits & gullies; some contained late Saxon pottery; two sherds early/middle Saxon pottery also found;

{3}No further details of finds; the site was trial trenched in Jan-Feb 1973 but not planned or drawn and excavated in April 1974. To be developed for Horseshoe Street dual carriageway.

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1975, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1974, p.169 (checked) (Report). SNN41605.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.390 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<3> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, M118 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

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Feb 12 2025 10:30AM