SNN110091 - Archaeological evaluation on land at Wellingborough Road, Sywell, Northamptonshire, September 2014

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land for a proposed solar farm at Wellingborough Road, Sywell, Northamptonshire, as the site lay in an area of archaeological interest. Artefact scatters of prehistoric, Roman and medieval date have been identified just southwest of the site. Geophysical survey of the site recorded linear and curvilinear features perhaps defining Iron Age enclosures. Other linear features perhaps represented former field boundaries and there was evidence of medieval ridge and furrow. The evaluation revealed two areas of late Iron Age enclosures and other related features such as post holes with several of the ditches corresponding to the geophysical survey. Two areas of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation recorded in the west and northwest of the site also matched the geophysical survey. The information from the 1886 1st edition Ordnance Survey for the area regarding the the post-medieval field systems was confirmed through excavation. A pond located on the same map and through the geophysical survey was also investigated. Finds included late Iron Age and post-medieval pottery and animal bone.