SNN110415 - Trial trench evaluation north of Rothwell, Northamptonshire October 2015

MOLA Northampton was commissioned by CgMs Consulting, on behalf of their clients, to carry out pre-determination archaeological trial trench evaluation on a proposed development site on land north of Rothwell, Northamptonshire. The work followed a geophysical survey of the site. The trial trenching identified late Iron Age activity dated from the 1st century BC to early 1st century AD, centred on a rectilinear enclosure to the north-west, and an isolated Roman enclosure with three pits to the east, dated to the early to late 1st century AD. The remnants of medieval ridge and furrow cultivation were also present as indicated by the geophysical survey, along with modern field boundary ditches.