SNN111247 - Land at Midland Road, Thrapston, Northamptonshire: Archaeological evaluation, March 2018

In January and February 2018, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of land at Midland Road, Thrapston, Northamptonshire. The evaluation, which was commissioned by Orbit Homes, was carried out in part fulfilment of a condition attached to the consent for residential development. The evaluation comprised the excavation of sixteen trenches. The trenches were distributed across open land to east and south of recent and ongoing residential development. A geophysical survey of the site had identified evidence for possible settlement activity largely within in the eastern and central parts of the site along with traces of possible ridge and furrow largely in the north-western part of the site. The purpose of the evaluation was to confirm the presence or absence of archaeological remains within the site. The evaluation revealed evidence for late prehistoric activity largely concentrated in the eastern and central part of the site. This included a possible D-shaped enclosure and a rectangular enclosure with a set of two concentric ring gullies located between them. The limited dating evidence suggests that the late prehistoric activity possibly spanned the Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age.