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Archaeological Evaluation on Duchy of Lancaster Land at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire |
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Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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<summary>A two-phased archaeological evaluation was undertaken for an area of land, containing a number of complex archaeological sites, situated to the north of Higham Ferrers between the A45 by-pass and the proposed A6 by-pass. Phase 1, comprising fieldwalking and plotting of crop marks, identified heavy concentrations of Roman pottery to the north of a previously recorded settlement, including discrete stone scatters possibly denoting the presence of individual buildings associated with a series of crop mark enclosures, traces of Saxon occupation, possible ring-ditches, a large oval enclosure, rectangular enclosures, linear boundaries and pits. Phase 2, comprising magnetometer survey and targeted trenching of areas of crop marks and artefact scatters, identified a Middle to Late Iron Age settlement, comprising ring-ditches, rectangular enclosures of varying sizes, pits and long linear boundaries; a Romano-British settlement, including evidence of timber and stone buildings; and traces of early/middle Saxon ({italon}circa{italoff} AD 400-850) and late Saxon ({italon}circa{italoff} AD 850-1100) [?settlement], including a probable sunken-featured building of late Saxon date and a large, incomplete oval enclosure. {italon}AIP{italoff} |
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Michael Shaw
S Steadman
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Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Year of Publication: |
1991
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Duchy of Lancaster Land at Higham Ferrers |
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Northamptonshire |
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North Northamptonshire |
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HIGHAM FERRERS |
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England |
Grid Reference: 495420, 268930 (Easting, Northing)
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Date Of Issue From:
1991
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01
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Site name: HIGHAM FERRERS (DUCHY OF LANCSTER LAND) Study area: 42ha Investigation type: Evaluation District: East Northamptonshire Monument: SITE.. Roman (AD43-410), SITE.. Medieval (1066-1540), SITE.. Iron Age, SITE.. Early Medieval (410-1066) Ngr: SP95706950 Parish: Higham Ferrers Postcode: NN108NL
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30 Aug 2017 |