SNN107973 - Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Oundle Road, Weldon, Northamptonshire November 2009

In November 2009 thirty trial trenches were excavated on a proposed development area at Oundle Road, Weldon, Northamptonshire. The trenches were positioned to target both anomalies identified on a geophysical survey and the intervening areas. Archaeological features were found in only four trenches. No major concentrations of archaeological remains was found, although an number of features in the western part of the area produced Roman pottery and one contained some early/middle Saxon pottery in the upper fill. Trenches adjacent to the modern stream channels were excavated to a depth of c.1.0m without encountering the relict stream channels suggested by geophysical survey.