SNN107408 - Results of Archaeological Evaluation: Daventry Wind Farm, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire

Headland Archaeology was commissioned to undertake a program of archaeological evaluation at Daventry Wind Farm, Yelvertoft ahead of the submission of an environmental statement for a proposal for the erection of eight new wind turbines. The site was deemed to be of archaeological potential as there are numerous sites ranging from the prehistoric through to the medieval period in the surrounding area. Upstanding elements of possible medieval cultivation practices are also preserved within its boundaries in the form of areas of ridge and furrow. A total of 16 trenches were excavated across the site, only one of which (trench 9) contained any features or deposits of an archaeological nature. Here the bases of two very shallow linear plough furrows were observed towards the northern end of the trench. No further archaeological features or deposits of an archaeological nature were identified during the course of works which was thought to represent a genuine absense of below ground features within the monitored areas, rather than their destruction by outside influences.