SNN102369 - Archaeological Evaluation & Watching Brief at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Ecton, Northamptonshire, final report

Limited excavation within the church tower revealed the inner face of the massive tower foundations. These foundations had been sealed with a thick clay and stone layer which lay over what may be a pre-tower level, the poorly preserved remains of a slight wall, a lead-workers hearth and a truncated burial. Below these features were a series of strata which continued below the limit of the trial trench. Ceramic evidence indicates that the internal levels of the tower had been reduced at some time no earlier than the fifteenth century. No significant remains were noted in the service trenches dug through the graveyard.