Monument record 1160/0/121 - Medieval Occupation Debris, George Row

{1} Build-up of layers up to 3m deep with medieval pottery;,

{2} Series of soil & stone layers & at least 1 metalled road level found; natural encountered at depths between 1.02m & 1.68m; finds include leather offcuts & medieval sherds & animal bones;

{3}Sections in deep narrow trenches showed a build up of about 3ft overlying natural ironstone;

{4} }July 1975; GPO trenches on George Row; possible small pit or ditch up to 1.8m below road surface; contained several early med pot sherds & few animal bones; SP75486043;

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.387 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Moore W.R.G.; Giggins B.L., 1977, Fieldwork in Northampton, 1975, 200-1 (Article). SNN2942.

<3> Shaw M.; Williams J., 1971-1981, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Record Cards, M147 (checked) (Index). SNN133.

<4> MOORE W.R.G., 1977, NORTHANTS ARCHAEOLOGY(NCC) (Uncertain). SNN1246.

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