Monument record 2600/0/5 - Possible Medieval Hollow Way And/Or Boundary Ditch

{1}EWK;POSS MED HOLLOW WAY;RUNS NW/SE;25INCH SKETCH PLOT'(1);

{2} Trench B was cut to examine a linear hollow showing as an earthwork and thought to be a hollow way or wide boundary ditch enclosing an area to the south-west (an enclosure boundary is shown here in 1621). Three linear features were revealed at the south end of the trench, pottery from the surface of one feature was no earlier that AD 1150. A number of pieces of limestone may have been post-pads for a structure of some sort. A limestone surface beneath was revealed beneath the features but not further examined.
A shallow linear feature 6m wide x 0.15m deep max was revealed along the line of the earthwork. Towards its centre a gully had been dug, presumably to aid drainage. The width of this feature suggests that it perhaps functioned as a hollow way as well as marking an enclosure boundary. A single residual sherd of Romano-British pottery was recovered from it, however two ditches below the earthwork feature were also revealed, from which pottery dated not earlier than AD 1150 and AD 1100 respectively were recovered from surface cleaning.
The limited pottery assemblage from this trench suggests that occupation was primarily of late Saxon/early medieval date.

<1> Nene Valley Research Committee SMR Records, (checked) (Index). SNN4499.

<2> Northamptonshire Archaeology Unit, 1993, A605 Warmington Bypass and Tansor Improvements: Archaeological Evaluation 1991-1993, p.33-34 (checked) (Report). SNN70164.

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Jun 17 2008 4:25PM