SNN103078 - Excavations at Derngate Northampton 1997-2000 Draft Publication Report

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Title Excavations at Derngate Northampton 1997-2000 Draft Publication Report
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Date/Year 2001
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 01/08/03

Abstract/Summary

OAU carried out a limited area excavation and watching brief on the site of the former Girls' School Northampton during 1997. A further watching brief was maintained on all subsequent phases of building development on the site. A clay and earth bank that formed part of the medieval city defences was excavated. Several medieval quarry pits were identified across the site: pottery from the quarry fills indicated that the pits were open in the early medieval period. Later medieval rubbish pits were cut into the infilled quarries. Medieval and post-medival soils were recorded across the site, although no evidence was found to support the existence on the site of the late medieval grange building known as the 'towre'. Nineteenth-century walls and garden features associated with the properties that fronted onto Derngate were also recorded.

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Location

NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library

Referenced Monuments (17)

  • Derngate (Formerly Swynewellestrete) (Monument)
  • Late C19th & Early C20th Refuse Disposal (Monument)
  • Medieval and post-medieval Quarry Pits (Monument)
  • Medieval Features (Monument)
  • Medieval Pits & Postholes (Monument)
  • Medieval Pits, Postholes & Gullies (Monument)
  • Medieval Pits, Postholes & Gullies (Monument)
  • Medieval Quarry Pit (Monument)
  • Medieval to C18th Soils & Later Activity (Monument)
  • Medieval/Post Medieval Defensive Bank (Monument)
  • Northampton (Monument)
  • Northampton's Medieval & Post Medieval Town Wall and Defences (Monument)
  • Post Medieval & Modern Features (Monument)
  • Post Medieval/Modern Structure (Monument)
  • Probable Medieval Quarry Pit (Monument)
  • Ruined Wall, Formerly Part of High School (Monument)
  • Tower Close (Monument)

Referenced Events (2)

  • Former Northampton High School for Girls, 1997 (Excavation) (Ref: Site code: NODER 97)
  • Former Northampton School for Girls, Derngate 1998-2000 (Watching brief) (Ref: 7560451)

Record last edited

Mar 18 2022 9:58AM

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