SNN106583 - Archaeological watching brief at the Church of All Saints, Little Billing, Northamptonshire

A watching brief was maintained during the ground works for the removal of churchyard access steps and grading of a section of an existing path to provide wheelchair access. Over the greater part of the development the works were either confined to the removal of an existing modern path and underlying topsoil, or where deeper, were massively disturbed by large tree roots. No distinct grave cuts or other arhaeological features were identified. Fifteen fragments of unstratified human bone were recovered and retained on site, for future reburial. Several pieces of medieval floor tile and medieval glazed 'coxcomb' ridge tile were recovered from the topsoil and other unstratified contexts. A single sherd of medieval (Potterspury type) pottery was also recovered from the topsoil. All other artefacts recovered are of 19th century or later.