Monument record 1676/0/18 - Possible medieval ironworking

Archaeological watching brief undertaken in 1991 identified a small number of medieval features including considerable quantities of iron slag and a hearth

{1}Archaeological inspection of the site of the new vicarage. Initial stripping of the topsoil revealed a ditch section containing medieval pottery. Subsequent visits revealed a three metre scatter of iron slag, much of it in situ and extending under the vicarage garden wall. To the west of the site was a hearth, 0.8m by 0.8m in area, consisting of large limestone slabs, adjoined by a shallow pit, 1.8m by 0.8m in area. The pit contained charcoal, slag, fragments of cut antler and shelly medieval pottery.

<1> Musgrave E.C.; Tingle M. (editors), 1991, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1990, p113 Geddington (Article). SNN100325.

<2> Bellamy, B., 1991, Geddington, Site of new vicarage, Jan 1991, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN43936.

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