SNN113135 - Images and GIS Data from Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire August 2018

This collection comprises images and GIS data from an archaeological evaluation on land at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. This work was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in August 2018. The evaluation comprised the excavation of twelve trenches. Geophysical survey of the site identified a number of linear anomalies representing archaeological features comprising a sinuous boundary ditch, linear anomalies and ridge and furrow. The results of the evaluation confirmed the results of the geophysical survey. The evaluation identified archaeological remains concentrated within the southern and western parts of the site. The majority of the features can be attributed to the Late Iron Age, medieval or post-medieval to modern periods. Early prehistoric activity is represented by residual lithic material recovered from a single ditch and from within the topsoil. The earliest feature identified, located within the southern part of the site, comprised a ditch containing Late Iron Age pottery, This corresponded to a geophysical anomaly interpreted as a boundary ditch, This boundary defines the northern extent of a previously identified Middle to Late Iron Age and Roman settlement recorded to the immediate south of the site. The presence of plough furrows were recorded across the site. The evaluation also identified two undated ditches located in the southern part of the site. One of which is likely to belong to the post-medieval / modern period. Within the western part of the site a post-medieval deposit and an undated culvert were identified.