SNN110097 - Archaeological evaluation and open area excavation at Appleby Lodge, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, 2014

In April and May 2014, an archaeological trial evaluation comprising 93 trenches and open area excavation was carried out by MOLA on behalf of ProLogis. Investigations in the open area excavation failed to locate any evidence for the sub-circular anomaly recorded in the geophysical survey but revealed parallel trenches from a Romano-British cultivation system, possibly a vineyard. These were also found in eleven surrounding trial trenches within the northern part of the site. Pottery dating to the 2nd century AD was recovered from two of the cultivation trenches. A small number of undated ditches and gullies were present at the north end of the site in three of the trenches. Remnant furrows from the medieval ridge and furrow cultivation system were present across the site in 33 of the 93 trenches. Apart from the ridge and furrow, no archaeological features or artefacts were found within the southern two-thirds of the site.