SNN112115 - Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Bickerstaffes Road (Water Lane) Towcester, Northamptonshire July 2019

Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land at Bickerstaffes Road (Water Lane), Towcester, Northamptonshire, recorded archaeological features consisting of two ditches, a pit, a metalled surface and stonework that may represent the edge of the agger for Alchester Road or another stone structure, all dated to the Roman period. The metalled surface was quarried during the late Roman, post-Roman or medieval–post-medieval period, and the exact time was not clearly distinguishable. The features produced a large quantity of pottery and metal finds, including imported amphorae, a well-preserved late 2nd-century Roman coin and a cosmetic spoon.