SNN103239 - A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, 2002

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Title A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design, 2002
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Date/Year 2002
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 08/09/03

Abstract/Summary

Archaeological excavations in advance of the construction of the new A43 between Towcester and the M40 were completed in August 2001. The excavations formed part of a staged series of investigations aimed at mitigating the impact of the road upon archaeological sites along this route. MORE......

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NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library

Referenced Monuments (20)

  • C17th & C18th Metalwork (Find Spot)
  • Hazelborough Wood & Woodland to South of A43 (Formerly Part of Whittlewood Forest) (Monument)
  • Iron Age settlement and smelting site, Biddlesden Road Bridge (Monument)
  • Iron Age settlement, Silverstone Fields Farm (Monument)
  • Iron Age/ Roman pits (Monument)
  • Iron Age/Early Roman Round House (Monument)
  • Iron Age/Early Roman Settlement (Monument)
  • Iron Age/Early Romano-British Settlement, south-west of Swinneyford Farm (Monument)
  • Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure and associated trackway (Monument)
  • Medieval/ post medieval field boundary (Monument)
  • Neolithic & Early Bronze Age Flint Scatter (Find Spot)
  • Possible Iron Age Pit Alignment (Monument)
  • Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Woodland Boundary (Monument)
  • Ridge and furrow remains (Monument)
  • Roman midden (Monument)
  • Romano-British Settlement and pottery producing site, Whitfield Turn (Monument)
  • Route of Roman road, Silverstone Fields Farm (Monument)
  • Uncertain Medieval & Post Medieval Activity, south-west of Swinneyford Farm (Monument)
  • Undated Animal Remains (Find Spot)
  • Undated gullies and pits, west of Slade Covert (Monument)

Referenced Events (16)

  • A43 Improvements, Juniper Hill, Evenley, 2000 (Trial trench)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project- Area BRB, 2001 (Excavation) (Ref: 6340001)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project- Area SL1, 2000-1 (Excavation) (Ref: 6846020)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project- Excavation Area SFF (Ref: 6846019)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project- Excavation Area SL2 (Ref: 6846018)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project: Area BH4, Whitfield Turn, 2000-1 (Excavation) (Ref: 6039009)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project: Excavation Area SL3, 2000-01 (Ref: 6846017)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 dualling project: Great Ouse Culvert, 2001 (Excavation)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling project: SL4 (Watching brief)
  • A43 Towcester to M40 Dualling Project: Wood Burcote Bridge, 2001 (Watching brief)
  • A43- M40 Dualling Road Improvement, Stage 3 Trench, Hazelborough Wood, 2000 (Trial trench)
  • A43-M40 Dualling: Hazelborough Wood Trench 2, 2001 (Trial trench) (Ref: 6542010)
  • A43/M40 Dualling Field boundaries (Trial trench) (Ref: 6743004)
  • Biddlesden road bridge, 2000 (Trial trench)
  • Shacks Barn, 2001 (Geophysical survey)
  • Shacks Barn, 2001 (Trial trench)

Record last edited

Nov 9 2021 12:07PM

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