SNN111599 - Archaeological trial trench evaluation at Bell Plantation, Towcester, Northamptonshire, February 2019
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Type | Report |
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Title | Archaeological trial trench evaluation at Bell Plantation, Towcester, Northamptonshire, February 2019 |
Author/Originator | Wolframm-Murray Y. |
Date/Year | 2019 |
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) | 14/08/2019 |
Abstract/Summary
MOLA was commissioned by Bell Plantation Garden Centre to undertake an archaeological trial trench evaluation of a car park on land at the Bell Plantation. One trench was excavated of which revealed ditches and pits. Elements from one probable inhumation burial were identified. After approval from the NCAA the burial was left in situ. The features are divided into two groups. The more eastern group, comprising three ditches and two pits, lay on slightly higher, drier ground. The ditches were oriented north to south or north-west to south-east. After a gap the westerly group lay downslope in much wetter conditions. The pottery has given the ditches and pits a tight date span, from the late 1st to the 2nd century AD.
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1096573 (Link to grey literature report on ADS)
Description
Hard copy only
Location
NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team HER Library
Referenced Monuments (1)
- 8019/1 Probable Roman roadside settlement, Bell Plantation (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- ENN109373 Bell Plantation, 2019 (Trial trench) (Ref: 19/21)
Record last edited
Sep 22 2023 12:17PM