| Title: |
The Excavation of an Iron Age Settlement at Covert Farm (DIRFT East), Crick, Northamptonshire. Post excavation assessment and updated research design |
| Number of Pages: |
73 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An excavation was carried out at site which formed part of the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal development, and which included a large part of an extensive Iron Age settlement. The main settlement focus covered sixteen hectares, of which thirteen hectares lay within the Covert Farm site. An evaluation had identified that part of the settlement (7ha) had been preserved beneath alluvium, whilst other areas (6ha) had been truncated by later ploughing. The excavation revealed several clusters of Iron Age features, which included ring ditches, gullies, pits and post-holes. Four-post structures and enclosures were also recorded. Finds included pottery of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age, Middle Iron Age and Late Iron Age date, animal bone, burnt daub, slag, rare iron objects, quern fragments and hearth or boiling stones. Boundary ditches and features in one area contained pottery of predominantly 2nd century AD Roman types, along wth other contemporary material. An assessment was made of the potential of environmental samples and artefact assemblages for further analysis, and it was anticipated that a final report would be completed by the end of May 2000. [AIP] |
| Author: |
Birmingham Archaeology
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| Publisher: |
Birmingham Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Covert Farm |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Covert Farm DIRFT East Crick Northamptonshire Post |
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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: COVERT FARM (DIRFT EAST), CRICK
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Daventry
Monument: [finds]. Bronze Age, [finds]. Late Iron Age, POST HOLE. Iron Age, [finds]. Middle Iron Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Neolithic, RING DITCH. Iron Age, SETTLEMENT. Iron Age, DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), ENCLOSURE. Iron Age, GULLY. Iron Age, PIT. Iron
Ngr: SP57207340
Parish: Crick
Postcode: NN6 7FT
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
