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Archaeological field evaluation at Herne Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire, October- November 2010 |
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Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out in October and November 2010 by Northamptonshire Archaeology on land at Herne Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire, in response to a planning application for a proposed residential development. The evaluation identified a sequence of activity dating from the Roman to the post-medieval period, comparable with the linear anomalies found in the geophysical survey. The earliest features found were two palaeo-channels, possibly of prehistoric date, sealed by a buried soil horizon. A single gully containing 1st and 2nd-century Roman pottery was present in the south-eastern part of the development area. In the centre of the area was a large ditched boundary aligned east-west that had gone out of use by the early 19th century. The ditch was overlain by a headland visible as a raised bank in the field. The headland was probably part of a pre-enclosure system of ridge and furrow cultivation. The majority of the surviving ridge and furrow dates to the post enclosure cultivation of the fields. |
Author: |
N. Flavell
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Publisher: |
Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Northamptonshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Herne Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire |
Parish: |
OUNDLE |
District: |
North Northamptonshire |
County: |
Northamptonshire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Herne Road Oundle Northamptonshire |
Grid Reference: 504550, 287940 (Easting, Northing)
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northamp3-100956 |
OBIB: |
10/212 |
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A4, blue spine, heat bound, clear covers for illustrations
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |