| Title: |
Grendon Lakes, Northamptonshire. Planning Application WP95/440C. Area A Timber Structure. Archaeological Recording. Interim Report |
| Number of Pages: |
17 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A preserved timber structure revealed during groundworks preparatory to gravel extraction was excavated and recorded, following an initial trial excavation. The site lay within a group of cropmarks known as the South Grendon Complex, parts of which had been excavated and found to represent features of Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Romano-British date. The timbers were found to have been set within a palaeochannel, from the upper layer of which a small quantitiy of Neolithic/Bronze Age struck flint was recovered. Abraded pottery sherds of Romano-British date were recovered from the upper channel deposit around the structure itself. It was concluded that the structure had probably been a form of river crossing other than a 'conventional' rural bridge, and that it may have been a 'chainbridge', consisting of a jetty on either bank with a tethered boat between, or a 'drovers crossing', with brushwood thrown between vertical timbers. The structure was thought to have almost certainly been of Romano-British date, and had probably been associated with adjacent Romano-British settlement activity recorded previously. [AIP] |
| Author: |
Ron Humphrey
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| Publisher: |
Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: GRENDON LAKES (AREA A) - TIMBER STRUCTURE
Study area: 3ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Wellingborough
Monument:
Ngr: SP87406170
Parish: Grendon
Postcode: NN7 1JD
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
