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Archaeological excavation at Pineham North, Upton, Northampton, December 2006, settlement 2, assessment report |
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Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology carried out an archaeological excavation, commissioned by ProLogis Developments Ltd via Under Construction Archaeology, on land at Pineham North, Upton, Northampton. In advance of a major residential and business/industrial development. The earliest evidence for human activity on the site dated to the Neolithic/early Bronze Age and comprised a number of flint tools and waste flakes, occurring as residual finds in later features. In the 2nd/1st century BC a small farming settlement was established, and continued in occupation until the late 4th century AD, although there may have been a brief hiatus in occupation in the 3rd century AD. Associated with the settlement were three cremation burials, dating to the late 1st/early 2nd century, a circular stone and timber building and a T-shaped malting oven. There were one or more early Saxon graves on or near the abandoned settlement; part of a shield boss and an iron spearhead which date to the late 5th/6th century and were often placed as grave goods, were recovered from the plough soil. In the medieval period the site was incorporated into an open field system of ridge and furrow, and was later, in the late medieval period, probably converted to pasture. |
Author: |
S. Carlyle
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Publisher: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Northamptonshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2006
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Pineham Barn North |
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UPTON |
District: |
West Northamptonshire |
County: |
Northamptonshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 471200, 258200 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
northamp3-32379 |
OBIB: |
06/177 |
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A4, Blue spine, heat bound, clear cover
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |