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Title:

Hanwood Park, Land East of Kettering Phase 2

Series:

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1110109

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

During September and October of 2020 OAE conducted an evaluation of land east of Kettering. The evaluation consisted of 207 50m trenches across several arable fields. The trenches were targeted to investigate anomalies previously identified on lidar as well as a geophysical survey conducted in 2011. Seven discrete areas of archaeological activity were identified, relating to activity from the Iron Age through to Anglo-Saxon periods. Features within these areas of activity largely corresponded with anomalies identified by the geophysical survey. Of those areas, four were predominantly Middle to Late Iron Age in date (though residual pottery of Earlier Iron Age date was also found), and were domestic in character, possibly representing individual farmsteads, dominated by large enclosure ditches. Two of the sites were of early to middle Roman date, with pottery assemblages dominated by domestic forms such as jars made of locally produced coarseware fabrics with small quantities of imported wares. Additionally, a copper alloy bracelet terminal with snake’s head decoration was recovered from a ditch. The final, seventh, area of activity showed evidence of Middle Roman iron production and working, with finds including fragments of vitrified furnace lining, tap slag and other diagnostic elements of small-scale iron production. This area also produced evidence for early Anglo-Saxon occupation dating to the 5th to 7th centuries AD, including a possible a sunken-featured building.

Author:

Tim Lewis

Publisher:

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)

Year of Publication:

2021

Locations:

Parish:	Cranford
Country:	England
District:	Kettering
County:	Northamptonshire

Grid Reference: 490939, 277496 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

DITCH (Monument Type England)

CERAMIC (Object England)

LATE IRON AGE SHERD (Tag)

ROMAN PIT (Tag)

METAL DETECTING USE (Event)

ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)

POST HOLE (Monument Type England)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)

EARLY MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)

UNCERTAIN CERAMIC (Tag)

MESOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)

IRON AGE ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)

EARLY MEDIEVAL SLAG (Tag)

UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)

SLAG (Object England)

MEASURED SURVEY (Event)

ROMAN SHERD (Tag)

BURIED SOIL HORIZON (Monument Type England)

PIT (Monument Type England)

NEOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)

IRON AGE DITCH (Tag)

AUGER SURVEY (Event)

EARLY MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)

MIDDLE IRON AGE SHERD (Tag)

TRIAL TRENCH (Event)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)

RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)

UNCERTAIN PIT (Tag)

ROMAN DITCH (Tag)

IRON AGE PIT (Tag)

UNCERTAIN POST HOLE (Tag)

SHERD (Object England)

IRON AGE BURIED SOIL HORIZON (Tag)

ROMAN ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)

FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)

POST MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)

UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)

IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)

LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)

MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)

POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)

NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)

MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)

EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	oxfordar3-411189
Report id:	OAE report 2465

Source:

OASIS (OASIS)

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Created Date:

11 Jul 2023