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Land at Butchers Garden, Northall, Walgrave, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The client has commissioned Albion Archaeology to undertake a programme of archaeological works associated with a condition for residential development on land at Butchers Garden. Two trenches were located to investigate the proposed revised house plan. Trench 1 was L-shaped, situated towards the front of the plot. Below a cultivation soil, a complex sequence of features was revealed, with evidence of activity ranging from the Saxo-Norman to early medieval and post-medieval to modern periods. The features included pits, ditches, smaller gullies, postholes, a possible structural beamslot, as well as ironstone wall footings and drains - the latter stone structures probably relating to the post-medieval farmstead. All of these later features had been subject to at least an element of robbing to recover building stone. The evidence indicates the presence of both timber and more substantial stone buildings. In contrast, Trench 2 situated to the rear of the plot revealed modern surfaces, which based on their insubstantial construction, formed a path rather than a track, with limited evidence for earlier features. The surfaces contained a variety of modern finds, including glass, which showed crushing damage rather than fracture, probably due to the material being trampled into the surface. This activity was probably associated with the farmstead. |
Author: |
G Edmondson
S Utrata
J Wells
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Butchers Garden |
County: |
Northamptonshire |
District: |
West Northamptonshire |
Parish: |
WALGRAVE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 480252, 272232 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
albionar1-148705 |
OBIB: |
2012/162 |
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Created Date: |
22 Oct 2020 |