Monument record 1160/211/2 - Kingswell Street?

An Anglian Water trench at the bottom of Kingswell Street revealed a build-up of road surfaces, the earliest of which was composed of heavy limestone slabs.

{1} Build-up of road surfaces observed; lowest composed of heavy limestone slabs overlying mixed grey silt at depth of 2.70m; ironstone walling was associated with some later roads; finds of pottery & leather suggest medieval date;

{2} Notes that features observed by Robert Moore & Brian Giggins agree with those observed & published earlier by NDC archaeologists;

{3} Build-up of road surfaces; lowest composed of heavy limestone slabs at 2.7m overlay mixed grey silt; finds of late Saxon pot sherd & medieval pottery & leather;

{4} States that grid reference revised; earlier given reference is that of observation in Bridge Street which has mistakenly been equated under M149 with site in Kingswell Street; former appears to have been recorded by Robert Moore & Brian Giggins only;

<1> Brown A.E. (Editor), 1976, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1975, p.199 (checked) (Journal). SNN169.

<2> Moore W.R.G.; Giggins B.L., 1977, Fieldwork in Northampton, 1975, p.201 (checked) (Article). SNN2942.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.390 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, M149 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

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