Monument record 3980/0/1 - Various Features, None Earlier Than C17th

{1} 4 trial trenches located limited post medieval and modern activity; 2 undated cut features; 1 sherd of medieval pottery of C13th/14th recovered.

{2} Four trenches were excavated. The trench outside the courtyard contained a single undated posthole, a dump of burnt debris, an ironstone-lined well, and two amorphous shallow features: none was earlier than the 17th century and all could be considerably later. The trenches in the courtyard revealed a shallow series of dumps, leveling deposits,and yard-surfaces together with some robbed out walls. The oldest of them was of a 17th or 18th century date, although a small rock-cut ditch and gully at the south-west could be earlier.

{3} Post medieval rubbish dumps; evaluation by G Cadman.

<1> CADMAN G.E., 1988, The Old Nunnery, Rothwell, (part checked) (Full Report). SNN51836.

<2> Pike, A (ed), 1989, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (19), 39-40 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN100659.

<3> Dix B., 1992, Recent Work in Northamptonshire Archaeology, p.124 (checked) (Article). SNN104441.

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