SNN59698 - Archaeology at Grendon Quarry Part I: Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites Excavated in 1974-5

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Type Report
Title Archaeology at Grendon Quarry Part I: Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites Excavated in 1974-5
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1985

Abstract/Summary

Threatened with destruction by gravel quarrying a cropmark site at Grendon was excavated in 1974-75 and a number of prehistoric features were encountered.

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Description

Draft copy of report including contents of microfiche filed under 4.10 Northamptonshire: Prehistoric

Location

NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library

Referenced Monuments (9)

  • Bronze Age pit group, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Early Bronze Age Ring Ditch II, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Early Bronze Age Ring Ditch IV, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Early Bronze Age Ring Ditch VI, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Mesolithic Finds (Find Spot)
  • Neolithic barrow/mortuary structure (Ring Ditch V), Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Probable early Bronze Age Ring Ditches (I and III), Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Probable early Bronze Age Ring Ditches (I and III), Grendon Quarry (Monument)
  • Ring Ditch VII, Grendon Quarry (Monument)

Referenced Events (2)

  • Aerial Survey, 1959 (Ref: 8761003)
  • Grendon Quarry Area 1, 1974-5 (Excavation) (Ref: 8761001)

Record last edited

Dec 6 2023 4:22PM

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