SNN107492 - An Iron Age Pit Alignment Near Upton, Northampton

A short length of an Iron Age pit alignment, identified by geophysical survey, was excavated by Northamptonshire Archaeology in April 2007 during the construction of the Cross Valley Link Road (CVLR) at Upton, on the western outskirts of Northampton. A small ditch, possibly part of a Roman or medieval field system, and medieval furrows were also identified. In addition, between April and July 2007, an archaeological watching brief was maintained during construction work on the new road and river crossing over the River Nene. No significant archaeological remains were identified within the road corridor, although a sharpened wooden stake/peg, radiocarbon dated to the middle Saxon period, was recovered from beneath a depth of alluvial silt on the edge of a possible river palaeochannel.