SNN108129 - Trial trench evaluation at Brackley Sawmills, Brackley, Northamptonshire

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Title Trial trench evaluation at Brackley Sawmills, Brackley, Northamptonshire
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2011

Abstract/Summary

An archaeological field evaluation was undertaken by Northamptonshire Archaeology on 6.9ha of land at Brackley Sawmills. This first phase of trial trenching comprised the excavation of twenty three trenches. Archaeological features of possible Iron Age date were found in five trenches in the north west part of the evaluation area. The features included postholes, the terminal of a ditch and remnant buried soils, which produced small quantiites of Iron Age pottery.

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NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library

Referenced Monuments (3)

  • Great Central Railway (London Extension to Annesley?) (Monument)
  • Iron Age ditch (Monument)
  • Middle Iron Age grain processing and storage site, Brackley Sawmills (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Brackley Sawmills, 2011 (Trial trench) (Ref: 11/123)

Record last edited

Jul 16 2024 9:23AM

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