SNN109903 - Archaeological desk-based heritage assessment of land at Camp Hill, Northampton

Northamptonshire Archaeology conducted an archaeological desk-based heritage assessment of land at Camp Hill, Northampton. There are no designated assets within the site boundary, although Hunsbury Hill, an Iron Age Hillfort, is a Scheduled Monument and lies 50m to the south-west of the site. The surrounding area is rich in evidence of occupation and other activity dating from the Mesolithic to the Saxon periods, including the Neolithic causewayed enclosure 350m to the north, the Iron Age hillfort to the south-west and a Roman villa 450m to the south-west. However, the site lies on an outcrop of Northampton Ironstone which was quarried extensively from the late 19th century until the 1920’s. The site lies within the former area of the quarry known as Camp Pit, which was worked from 1882 until 1887. The quarry will have destroyed any archaeological remains that may have existed within the site. There will therefore be no impact upon any below-ground archaeological remains.