Monument record 1160/121/1 - Medieval /Post Medieval Occupation, Dychurch Lane

Archaeological excavation of a trench prior to the construction of the Guildhall extension on the Dychurch Lane frontage. Most of the area had been heavily disturbed, but a small area by the Dychurch Lane frontage revealed a medieval layer and probable boundary/building wall(s).

{1}One of two evaluation trenches were excavated between St Giles' Street and Dychurch Lane. The trench, right-angles to Dychurch Lane, was more heavily disturbed. Stone wall-footing, floor levels and part of a tiled floor attested to occupation on this frontage. Most of area had been removed by Victorian cellars and pits.

{2} Trench B was excavated at right angles to the Dychurch Lane frontage, but proved to have been heavily disturbed in recent times. A north-south aligned Victorian wall was identified and abutting it on one side was a series of cellar fills. A small area of undisturbed ground was excavated down to natural subsoil. A layer of dark silty loam immediately above it contained 13th-century pottery and set immediately on top was an ironstone wall aligned north-south. Layers abutting the wall contained medieval pottery. A further, undated, wall appeared to have gone out use by the 17th-18th century.

<1> Pike A. (Editor), 1991, South Midlands Archaeology: CBA Group 9 Newsletter (21), p.63 (checked) (Newsletter). SNN2091.

<2> Shaw M, 1996-7, Recent Work in medieval Northampton Archaeological Excavations on St Giles' Street, 1990, and at St Edmund's End, 1988, p. 111 (Article). SNN104071.

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