SNN109702 - Land at The Glebe, Radstone Road, Brackley, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation and Building Recording

CgMs Consulting is gathering baseline information on behalf of Charles Church Homes for the demolition of the existing building and the development of 51 new dwellings with associated infrastructure at Land at The Old Glebe, Radstone Road, Brackley. As the proposed development area (PDA) lies in an area of archaeological interest a programme of archaeological works was devised to evaluate whether the development would have an impact on any sub-surface archaeological remains. The works also included a building recording survey of the building of The Old Glebe as this is due to be demolished under current development plans. An extensive programme of archaeological works in 2007-2009 in conjunction with the Radstone Fields residential development revealed good evidence for Iron Age occupation to the north-west, east and south-east of the site. No archaeological remains were identified in trenches located closest to The Old Glebe. The evaluation also revealed evidence for ridge and furrow medieval cultivation. The results of the earlier evaluation are confirmed by the current trial trenching in the grounds of The Old Glebe. This revealed no archaeological remains apart from three medieval furrows in Trench 1 which survived down slope where the overburden was deepest. The Old Glebe building lies in the location of Glebe Farm, a mid to late 19th-century farm complex. The current buildings mirror the footprint of the former barn and livestock range which lay in an "L" -shape around the western and northern edges of the farm yard. However, the buildings were extensively re-built from the ground up in 1989 and none of the original form and function or fabric of the original farm buildings survives.