SNN101395 - Archaeological Evaluation At Stanwick Quarry, Northamptonshire

An archaeological evaluation was carried out during August 2001, in advance of gravel extraction. In the two areas examined, trial trenching demonstrated that the natural gravel underlay substantial deposits of alluvial clays and silts, typically from 1.5-2.5m thick. No archaeological remains were encountered, and in both areas it is likely that the gravel surface has been lowered by past alluvial action. So any earlier archaeological remains will, at the least, have been severely truncated. Waterlogged wood was recovered from organic silts at the base of the alluvium, deposited at the margins of former river channels that followed a similar case to the present river. A single former river channel, or palaeochannel, was located.