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Title:

Saxon Rise 2, Northampton Road, Brixworth, Northamptonshire: Archaeologial Excavation

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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1115953

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Abstract:

A total of 3.44ha was excavated across the development area; the main body of the site was subject to open area excavation (approximately 3ha), with a smaller area (approximately 0.4ha) of strip, map and sample (SMS) excavation located at the north-western corner of the site. These areas were agreed with Lesley-Ann Mather (NCCAA) and were informed by the results of the preceding desk-based assessment (CA 2012a), geophysical surveys (Stratascan 2012 and 2014), field evaluations (CA 2012b and 2014) and excavation (CA 2017a) A programme of archaeological investigation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between June and October 2016 at the request of Barratt Northampton at Saxon Rise 2, Brixworth, Northamptonshire. An area of 3.44ha was excavated across the development site. Two Early Neolithic pits and one of Early Bronze Age date were identified, along with ditches and pits more broadly dating from the Bronze Age to Early Iron Age. The most significant remains comprised trapezoidal and sub-circular enclosures, two possible ring ditches and extensive pitting dating to the Middle to Late Iron Age, including one pit of Middle Iron Age date, which contained a male inhumation burial. An extensive assemblage of pottery spanning these periods was recovered from a number of features, along with an unusual and significant iron metalwork hoard from a Late Iron Age pit, likely a ritual deposit. Activity continued from the Late Iron Age into the Romano-British period, shifting towards the south of the site, and was characterised by the development of an enclosure complex, probably part of a farmstead of complex form. The enclosure system extended outside the excavated area, and the excavated areas may have had a crop-processing function, as suggested by drying ovens. The construction of a large drying oven suggests an expansion of crop-processing activities at the site in the later Roman period and brewing possibly took place in the vicinity. The western ditch delineating the farmstead appears to have marked a major boundary during the earlier Roman period and was maintained throughout the Roman occupation of the site, eventually being replaced by a stone wall. Pottery spanning the entire Roman period was recovered from a range of features and deposits across the site. Few post-Roman features were identified, with no evidence of occupation until the establishment of a ridge-and-furrow agricultural system in the medieval or post-medieval periods. There was evidence for a post-medieval boundary wall and possible quarry pits, along with a modern ditch, postholes and dog burials.

Author:

Tom Brindle

Peter Boyer

Publisher:

Cotswold Archaeology

Year of Publication:

2020

Locations:

Parish:	Brixworth
County:	West Northamptonshire
District:	Daventry
District:	West Northamptonshire
Country:	England
County:	Northamptonshire

Grid Reference: 474939, 269389 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

DITCH (Monument Type England)

BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)

MIDDLE IRON AGE INHUMATION (Tag)

RING DITCH (Monument Type England)

EXCAVATION (Event)

POST MEDIEVAL WALL (Tag)

POST MEDIEVAL QUARRY (Tag)

WALL (Monument Type England)

NEOLITHIC PIT (Tag)

ROMAN WALL (Tag)

BRONZE AGE DITCH (Tag)

LATE IRON AGE RING DITCH (Tag)

HOARD (Object England)

ROMAN CORN DRYING OVEN (Tag)

INHUMATION (Monument Type England)

PIT (Monument Type England)

MIDDLE IRON AGE PIT (Tag)

LATE IRON AGE HOARD (Tag)

TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)

ROMAN FARMSTEAD (Tag)

EARLY BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)

SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)

RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)

ROMAN DITCH (Tag)

QUARRY (Monument Type England)

LATE IRON AGE PIT (Tag)

FARMSTEAD (Monument Type England)

EARLY IRON AGE PIT (Tag)

LATE IRON AGE SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Tag)

CORN DRYING OVEN (Monument Type England)

EARLY IRON AGE DITCH (Tag)

POST MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)

LATE IRON AGE TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE (Tag)

EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)

BRONZE 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)

EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	cotswold2-510466
Report id:	669047_1

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Created Date:

24 Nov 2023