SNN72895 - A Fieldwalking Survey along the Route of the Proposed Corby South Trunk Main, Corby

A fieldwalking survey of five arable fields, and a walkover of one pasture field and one area of extant seventeenth century woodland south of Corby revealed little material of definite archaeological significance. Finds include prehistoric flint, very small amounts of Roman and medieval pottery, and quantities of recent modern land-drain and other building material within the study area. One area of definite charcoal burning was noted along the easement of the pieline in arable land originally wooded in the seventeenth century. Adjacent to this was a spread of limestone fragments.