Monument record 1160/148/0 - Medieval Pits, Peacock Way

A watching brief carried out in Peacock Way which revealed a series of medieval pits, with pottery dating to the 13th century. Human bone was recovered by the constractors on site, apparently from a well. A single sherd of Iron Age pottery was also found.

{1}Building development observation;Peacock Way;Dec'86-Jan'87; M.Shaw; SP75546058; Med Features; 10 pits C13th-C15th date; 1 sherd Iron Age pottery also recovered from 1 pit;,

{2}Building development observation;Peacock Way;Dec'86-Jan'87;M.Shaw;SP75546058;Med Features;10 pits C13th-C15th date;1 sherd Iron Age pottery also recovered from 1 pit;

{3}Watching brief carried out in Peacock Way which revealed a series of medieval pits.,

{4}A watching brief by M Shaw revealed 10 pits of the 13th to 15th centuries.,

{5} The site was visited as soil was being stripped to a depth of up to 1.7m and features uncovered at the bottom of this cut were recorded. At this depth the features which were all pits cut into the subsoil. The subsoil was variable being clayey in parts but with areas of yellow-white sand; probably part of the mixed deposits of the Lower Estuarine Series and further south than recorded by the BGS. Twelve features were located and pottery was recovered from nine of the pits. Two of the pits were rectangular, stone-lined cess pits. Subsequently the author was called to the site and given a bag of human bones sad to have been recovered from a well. Pottery probably 13th century. Single sherd of Iron Age pottery also found.

<1> Shaw, M, 1987, Peacock Way, Northampton, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49507.

<2> SHAW M., 1987, ORAL REPORT TO SMR, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN50639.

<3> Dix B., 1992, Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology, P122 (Article). SNN104441.

<4> Young S.M.; Clark J.; Barry T., 1988, Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1987, p.264 (checked) (Notes). SNN878.

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