SNN102485 - Archaeological Watching Brief of The Church of St Margaret, Denton, Northamptonshire

A watching brief was carried out during the excavation of two shallow service trenches. No archaeological structures or strata were observed other than the footings of the nineteenth century rebuild of the church, and in particular no evidence was found indicating the former presence of a North aisle. The steeply sloping western end of the churchyard appeared to have been deliberately raised in modern times. Finds were limited to occasional small pieces of human bone, one medieval potsherd, and nineteenth century and later pottery, brick, tile, etc. Although the church was rebuilt in 1827-8, the chancel foundations, tower and fragments of the West end of earlier phases of the church survive.