SNN101214 - A43 Towcester To M40 Dualling Project, Soil Disposal And Landscaping Areas Archaeological Evaluation at Area G (Pimlico), Syresham

An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land to the south of the existing A43 near Pimlico, Syresham on land designated for soil disposal in connection with the A43 road improvement scheme. The evaluation fieldwork was designed to test the results of the previous geophysical survey. The fieldwork identified two key areas of human activity: the first of these was focused on an enclosure of possible Iron Age date; the second was associated with an early to mid-Roman agricultural landscape and included evidence for small-scale pottery production and iron smelting. A small area of medieval ridge and furrow was observed. Much of the area covered by the evaluation produced no archaeological remains ofany kind.