SNN106100 - An Archaeological Watching Brief at The Church of All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire

A service trench, 37m long, c.0.3m wide and 0.3-0.4m deep was hand-excavated along the N side of the church. Due to a complex of existing services at the W end the planned route was modified and a further c.15m of trenching excavated on a different alignment. The service trench was designed to connect new toilet facilities (to be built in the new vestry) at the E end to an existing main drain below the existing toilets at the W end, N of the entrance hall. Aside from a large number of modern service trenches, particularly towards the W end, only one certain archaeological feature was observed: a clear grave cut, whose fill contained 19th-20th century pottery; a second, possible, grave cut was also noted. Due to the very shallow nature of the trenches very little of the N wall foundations was revealed. No pre-modern internal deposits were disturbed.