| Title: |
Archaeological Investigations at Upton, Northampton South West District |
| Number of Pages: |
75 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was carried out in advance of residential development. Geophysical survey was undertaken to the south of the excavation, closer to the River Nene in order to access its archaeological potential. Area A1 comprised part of a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pit alignment and a series of Late Iron Age enclosures with associated droveway and contemporary pitting. These formed part of a small farmstead with evidence of later Roman and medieval agriculture associated with settlement foci to the east and west respectively. Areas A2 and A3 comprised a palimpsest of ditches and gullies, forming small oval to sub-square enclosures possibly utilised for stock management. Additional activity included areas of pits, well and a pottery kiln. The latter was within a sub-circular enclosure. Two inhumations were also recovered from the south-west corner of the site; the lack of other interments in the vicinity suggested that they represented isolated burials. The archaeological deposits probably represented low level domestic and agricultural activity on the periphery of a Romano-British farmstead. The site formed one of the largest set-piece excavations in the area of the small Roman town of Duston, which was extensively quarried in the 19th century. The site therefore had the potential to add a considerable amount of detail to the Roman landscape in this region. North of the A45, no traces of archaeological activity were uncovered. The lack of archaeological deposits suggested that this area may have been devoid of any Iron Age, Roman or later settlement activity. Geophysical survey conducted within Zones B and C, on the south side of the site recovered little in the way of archaeological anomalies, suggesting that the area closest to the River Nee was only utilised for agricultural purposes. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
A Maull
P Masters
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| Publisher: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
River Nee |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Duston |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
River Nene |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: UPTON, NORTHAMPTON SOUTH WEST DISTRICT
Study area: 43.9ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Northampton
Monument: PIT ALIGNMENT. Early Iron Age, DROVE ROAD. Late Iron Age, PIT. Early Iron Age, SETTLEMENT. Late Iron Age, [finds]. Early Bronze Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Early Iron Age, RIDGE AND FURROW. Post-medieval (1540-1901),
Ngr: SP72365976
Parish: Upton
Postcode: NN5 6UT
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
