SNN112687 - Archaeological excavation on land at Peace Hill, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire Archaeology was commissioned by Bellway Homes to carry out an archaeological excavation on land at Peace Hill, Bugbrooke, prior to development. The work was carried out in two phases, in December 2012 and January 2013. To the north there were two ditches and a large pit, probably the margins of an area of open settlement, and to the south-east there was a large linear ditch, possibly a boundary system. There was a single sherd of residual middle Bronze Age pottery. All the features produced hand-built pottery which has been dated to the early-middle Iron Age, and a radiocarbon date is centred on 400 cal BC. Earthworks of the medieval ridge and furrow cultivation system survive in part of the area and remnant furrows were seen across the excavated area.