Monument record 802/0/16 - Saxon and medieval settlement, rear of 46 Church Street

Evaluation in advance of proposed development recorded Saxon and medieval activity including late Saxon/Medieval plot boundaries and two undated, possible post-built structures.

{2} Trial trench excavation undertaken prior to development identified a ditch running east-west for approximately 1.5m, containing middle Saxon Ipswich Ware pottery. It was cut by a medieval pit.

A series of ditches may represent the boundaries of tenement backplots, with further perpendicular ditches separating adjoining land parcels. Some of these ditches were dated to the 11th century while some showed recuts, indicating renewal into the medieval period. A wall foundation seen in one of the ditches appears to indicate that a wall replaced the earlier boundary ditch at some point after the 12th century. A few Late Saxon and medieval pits were also seen.

A scatter of 12 postholes appear to form the corner and part of two walls of a post-built structure. Animal bone was found in the postholes but no datable finds. A second scatter of postholes to the south may be part of another structure although all were very shallow. The alignment of the possible buildings does not respect the late Saxon boundary ditches on the site, perhaps implying that they are later features.

<1> BLINKHORN P., 1994, SMR Report Form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN49551.

<2> BLINKHORN P., 1994, An Archaeological Evaluation of Land to the Rear of 46 Church Street, Weedon, Northants November 1994, (checked) (Report). SNN75387.

<3> 1995, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter, p. 41 (Journal). SNN100611.

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