SNN111591 - Land at Wyggeston Farm, Welford, Northamptonshire: Archaeological test pit evaluation

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Type Report
Title Land at Wyggeston Farm, Welford, Northamptonshire: Archaeological test pit evaluation
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2012
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 12/08/2019

Abstract/Summary

This report presents the results of a programme of archaeological test pit evaluation carried out by Witham Archaeology in conjunction with Prowind (UK) Ltd, at Wyggeston Farm, Welford, Northamptonshire. The project was intended to provide information in support of an application for planning permission to construct a single wind turbine. Fieldwork was completed during the period 27 to 28th June 2012. A desk-based assessment compiled in September 2010 by Nexus Heritage established that there were no known finds in the immediate area of the proposed turbine. However, cropmarks indicative of possible prehistoric settlement, prehistoric flint scatters and concentrations of Romano-British pottery had been identified in the wider assessment area. Test Pit excavations within the footprint of the proposed wind turbine, revealed boulder clay at depths of between 0.26 and 0.28m below existing ground level. Hollows of silty clay in some areas were interpreted as having derived from medieval or, more likely, post medieval/modern arable cultivation. No artefacts were located in material excavated from the test pits.

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https://doi.org/10.5284/1028025

Location

NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team HER Library

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Referenced Events (1)

  • Land at Wyggeston Farm, 2012 (Test pit) (Ref: Site code: WEWF12)

Record last edited

Aug 12 2019 11:45AM

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