SNN107907 - Archaeological Evaluation at Moat Lane, Towcester, Northamptonshire 2006 and 2010

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Type Report
Title Archaeological Evaluation at Moat Lane, Towcester, Northamptonshire 2006 and 2010
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2010
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 04/04/2012

Abstract/Summary

Four trial trenches were excavated in 2006 and ten test pits and one trench were excavated in 2010 which demonstrated the survival of Roman layers and located the probable line of the robbed Roman town wall. Also located was a medieval metalled surface in the garden of Mill Cottage.

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Location

NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library

Referenced Monuments (18)

  • Building, Possibly C19th (Monument)
  • C19th Cistern/Well (Monument)
  • C19th/C20th Cellar (Monument)
  • Ditch (Possibly The Civil War 'Great Ditch') (Monument)
  • Possible C19th Pit (Monument)
  • Possible Civil War-Related Metalling (Monument)
  • Possible Modern Boundary Wall (Monument)
  • Possible Romano-British Activity (Monument)
  • Possible Romano-British Building Demolition (Monument)
  • Possible Romano-British Path (Monument)
  • Probable Former Property Boundaries (Monument)
  • Probable Post Medieval/Modern Limestone Wall (Monument)
  • Roman boundary ditches, east of Northampton Road (Monument)
  • Roman Defences Adjacent Bury Mount (Monument)
  • Romano-British Ditch & Possible Floor (Monument)
  • Romano-British/Medieval Quern (Find Spot)
  • Two Undated Gullies Pre-Dating Probable Post Medieval/Modern Drainage Gullies (Monument)
  • Undated Metalled Areas, Posthole & Cow Burial (Monument)

Referenced Events (2)

  • Moat Lane, 2006 (Evaluation) (Ref: Report: 10/82)
  • Moat Lane, 2010 (Evaluation) (Ref: Report: 10/82)

Record last edited

Jun 23 2021 12:28PM

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