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This collection comprises a digital archive of photographs, reports and scanned site records from the archaeological recording by Headland Archaeology on land at Welsh Road, Northamptonshire between June and August 2021.
The following additional site-specific objectives were defined:
For land parcel C32087, the Fieldwork Change Control Acceptance Sheet (FCCF) and Location Specific Written Schemes of Investigation (LSWSI) identified that the archaeological investigation may contribute to the following objectives
The results of the excavations indicate activity primarily dating to the middle to late Iron Age, with activity focused on a series of enclosures. There is limited evidence for an earlier prehistoric presence with lithics recovered from several features. Further assessment of the lithics may provide additional insight into the chronology and nature of this activity. Across the site there was evidence for the impact of later medieval to modern agricultural activities in the truncation of several of the features by a series of north to south furrows.
The stratigraphic analysis of the Site is complete. The features have been described in detail with the evidence from the artefactual and environmental assessment incorporated into the narrative. All records have been digitised and processed in line with HS2 Standards and Guidance. All finds and environmental samples have been processed and assessed. No further processing work is required.
No further stratigraphic work is proposed for the Site, but the dating of features and finds could be refined through radiocarbon dating of key contexts, in particular those features (e.g. trackway) currently assigned to M-LIA Phase 2. Further analysis may be required based on the results.
The small size of the prehistoric pottery assemblage and its character adds little to the study of later Iron Age pottery in the region. However more detailed analysis of the fabric of the pottery and comparison with other sites in the area would help to refine the site chronology. This includes further analysis of local pottery fabrics and comparison with local assemblages and fabric series, further fabric division and recognition and the research to place the assemblage within its local and regional context and illustrations of pottery sherds from deposits (0014), (0081) and (0085).
The remaining finds and environmental assemblage is too small and fragmentary to provide any further useful information. Therefore, no further analysis work is recommended.