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This collection comprises of site photographs and an archive decision record from a historic building recording carried out by COPA (Cotswold Oxford Pre-Construct Archaeology) at Twin Oaks, Lower Thorpe Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire between March and August 2020.
Works of HBR have been undertaken in accordance with the Project Plan (doc ref: 1EW03-FUS-EV-REP-CS07_CL26-008118) which defined the scope, rationale, aims and objectives for historic building recording. The Project Plan provided a description of the buildings at Twin Oaks, summarised the historic background and defined the methodology for the appropriate level of historic building recording broadly equivalent to Historic England level 3 survey (Historic England 2016).
Further specific details setting out how the works would be delivered were set out in the LSWSI (doc ref: 1EW03-FUS-EV-REP-C000-009803). The works have been undertaken in accordance with the HS2 Technical Standard Specification for Historic Environment Investigations (doc ref HS2-HS2-EV-STD-000-000035), and HS2 Generic Written Scheme of Investigation (GWSI: HERDS; doc ref HS2-HS2-EV-STR-000-000015).
The aim of the works of HBR are to assess and record the character, extent and significance of the buildings at Twin Oaks and to
Through these means the works aim to contribute to the following GWSI: HERDS Objectives
As specified in the Project Plan, the works of HBR comprised
The location, extent, survival and significance of any heritage assets of archaeological interest on this site have been captured in this dataset. This can inform future research into the archaeology and practices within the site and surrounding landscape, but also for the county as a whole.