Chapman, A. (1999). Excavation of the Town Defences at Green Street, Northampton, 1995-6. Northamptonshire Archaeology 28. Vol 28, pp. 25-60. https://doi.org/10.5284/1083285. Cite this via datacite

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Title:		 Excavation of the Town Defences at Green Street, Northampton, 1995-6
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Issue:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology 28
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Series:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Page Start/End:		 25 - 60
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Abstract:		 Excavation at Green Street, Northampton has located the best preserved and most complete sequence of Northampton's town defences so far discovered. A clay bank with a timber revetment, and a substantial ditch were probably constructed in the earlier 10th century, either late in the Danish occupation or shortly after the late Saxon re-conquest. The revetment was later rebuilt in stone, and a contemporary gateway with metalled road surfaces was aligned on the present Green Street, a minor lane that can now be seen as the fossilised remnant of a major early access road. The gateway was blocked in the 12th century at the construction of the medieval town wall. A final use of the defences in the Civil War is represented by two shallow ditches cut into the largely filled medieval ditch.
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Author:		 Andy Chapman
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Other Person/Org:		 Paul Blinkhorn (Author contributing)
Iain Soden (Author contributing)
Tora Hylton (Author contributing)
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Year of Publication:		 1999
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Place: Northampton
Grid Reference: 474820, 260340 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
town defences (Monus)
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Created Date:		 03 Nov 2020