SNN112077 - Site 8e Middlemore, Daventry, Northamptonshire: archaeological evaluation report

Oxford Archaeology (OA) was commissioned by ENGIE UK on behalf of Futures Homeway Limited to undertake a trial trench evaluation at the site of a proposed residential development of a single field measuring 1.2 hectares in area. The site is situated just off Farnborough Drive and is centered on NGR SP 56343 64821. The work was undertaken as a condition of Planning Permission (planning ref: DA/2018/0388). The evaluation, which was undertaken over three days during May 2019, consisted of nine 30m by 1.80m trenches, one 25m by 1.80m trench and one 9m by 1.80m trench. The evaluation revealed a rectangular middle Iron Age enclosure within the south-eastern part of the site. A large pit of similar date to the west of the enclosure contained large quantities of charcoal and small amounts of animal bone which may indicate that it was used to deposit domestic waste. A linear trackway orientated broadly north-east to south-west crossed the northern edge of the site. The trackway was formed of two parallel ditches with a central compacted metalled surface around 10m wide surviving in one location. The trackway remains undated.