SNN110405 - Cemetery Extension, Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton: Archaeological Evaluation 2014

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in May 2014 on land at Berrywood Road, Duston, Northampton. Four trenches were excavated. Berrywood Road preserves the line of a Roman road between Duston and Whilton Lodge. Scattered prehistoric and Roman finds have been recorded from the area around the site. The evaluation recorded two shallow, undated ditch-like features, both of which were cut at the level of the subsoil. One of these features was truncated by the ploughed-out remnants of a medieval ridge and furrow field system. There was no evidence for significant premedieval activity. The site appears to have been in agricultural/pastoral use since at least the medieval period.