SNN105073 - Watching Brief: 16-18 Wales Street, King's Sutton, Northamptonshire

During 2004 an archaeological watching brieg and salvage recording were undertaken at 16-18 Wales Street, Kings Sutton. The scheme comprised a housing development on the north side of Wales Street and associated flood alleviation scheme further to the north. The excvation of service runs to the new houses was moniored, but no archaeological remains were observed. The stripping of the footprint for the flood alleviation scheme was also moniored and significant archaeological remains were observed during the initial soil stripping. A salvage excavation was mounted and a comparitively rare example of a middel Iron Age settlement was rapidly recorded, although the planning programme meant that only a limited programme of archaeological salvage was possible. Accordingly; what was observed and recorded represented only the most obvious of archaeological features.