SNN104671 - Archaeological Watching Brief at The Church of St Mary, Welford, Northamptonshire

A watching brief was carried out during the excavation of service trench. No significant archaeological structures or strata were observed. Almost the entire area of the watching brief proved to have been heavily disturbed by modern drainage works and extensive grave digging. Slight evidence was observed regarding varying construction techniques for different section of the north wall of the north aisle, suggesting that the western end, with its pronounced stone-built internal and external offset foundations, may be of different date to the rest of the north aisle. It is not clear whether this work is a remnant of a medieval aisle foundation, or whether the 19th century restorers merely used a different technique.