Monument record 1160/342/3 - Bridge Street? (Extends into tenement group 1160/136)

A watching brief after the demolition of 45-53 Bridge Street revealed earlier road surfaces running on the line of Bridge Street. The surfaces overlaid a slot cut into the natural which contained 12th-13th-century pottery

{1} East side of Bridge Street revealed 3 metalled surfaces over a slot cut into natural; natural approximately 2m below present ground level; 2 C12-13th pottery sherds found within slot; 1 sherd Stamford Ware also found; SP75426022;

{2} NDC watching brief; see original record card & Watching Briefs: Medieval file;

{3} Unlocated;

{4} A watching brief after the demolition of 45-53 Bridge Street revealed earlier road surfaces running on the line of Bridge S. Three metalled surfaces could be identified, the earliest of which sat directly on top of a clay subsoil and was c 2m below the present street level. A beam slot c 0.5m wide was sealed by the earliest metalled surface and ran parallel with the present Bridge Street.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.384 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, M287 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

<3> Shaw M.; Williams J., 1971-1981, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Record Cards, M287 (unchecked) (Index). SNN133.

<4> 1980, Archaeology in Britain, p.172 (unchecked) (Interim Note). SNN3704.

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