SNN114820 - The Manor House, Manor Street, Raunds: Archaeological Impact Assessment and Mitigation Strategy

A desk-based study to assess the archaeological impact of the proposed erection of houses in the paddock area of The Manor House, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, was undertaken. The study established that the quality of the archaeological remains was good; mitigation proposals included limitation of topsoil-stripping to 120mm (around 30mm above the depth of the surviving buried deposits), subsequent raising of the site with imported fill to a height of between 600mm and 750mm above the stripped soil level, with the access road and rafted building foundation built into the fill [?......lacuna in text of summary at this point].