SNN114695 - Land west of Strawfield House, Hilmorton Lane, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire: Programme of archaeological work comprising earthwork survey and field evaluation

A programme of archaeological work comprising an earthwork survey and field evaluation was carried out at land west of Strawfield House, Hillmorton Lane, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire during October 2022. Although small in scope, the investigative trenching revealed no evidence of earlier occupation within the proposed development area below the extant medieval and/or post-medieval ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks. The negative results of the investigation suggested that the development site lies outside areas of prehistoric and Roman occupation recorded elsewhere in the outlying land surrounding Yelvertoft. The lack of residual finds from the excavation related to these periods supported this hypothesis. In view of the results, it is unlikely that the development of the site will have no impact on deposits pre-dating the ridge and furrow earthworks.