Boyer, P. (2016). DIRFT III Ridge and Furrow Survey, Northamptonshire: Geoarchaeological and Archaeological Investigation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1082390. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 DIRFT III Ridge and Furrow Survey, Northamptonshire: Geoarchaeological and Archaeological Investigation
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Abstract:		 During March and April 2016, Cotswold Archaeology carried out a geoarchaeological investigation of the medieval/early post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks and later field boundaries at the site of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT III), Northamptonshire. Five hand-dug test pits and twenty-one machine-excavated trenches were excavated across the northern half of the site. The trenches were targeted on remnant ridge and furrow and other earthwork features shown on a LiDAR survey of the site, with the aim of investigating the development of the medieval agricultural landscape. On the floodplain, a buried soil horizon was encountered beneath the mineralised medieval ploughsoil. This deposit had some of the characteristics of a Boreal soil (i.e. Mesolithic/Neolithic), but pollen analysis suggests that it was probably a cultivated soil. The soil horizon overlay a variety of vegetation features (tree throw hollows etc.), suggesting that the floodplain supported some degree of tree cover prior to clearance for agricultural use. There was no suitable organic material for radiocarbon dating, so the age of the buried soil is uncertain. However, small ditches were also identified beneath the buried soil, probably forming part of an agricultural ditch system of Late Iron Age or Roman date. It is therefore probable that the buried soil horizon dates to the first millennium AD. Investigation of the medieval ridge and furrow earthworks identified some changes to its organisation during its period of active use, but dating these changes was constrained by the lack of dateable artefactual material and the homogeneity of the subsoil that formed the earthwork features.
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Author:		 Peter Boyer
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Northamptonshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: DIRFT III Ridge and Furrow Survey
County: Northamptonshire
District: West Northamptonshire
Parish: CRICK
Country: England
Grid Reference: 456480, 275400 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) BURIED SOIL (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BURIED SOIL (Monus)
BURIED SOIL HORIZON (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-314756
OBIB: 16183
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020