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Archaeological excavation on land at Polwell Lane, Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, August to December 2012; Assessment report and updated project design |
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MOLA Northampton unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Archaeological excavation was undertaken by MOLA, formerly operating as Northamptonshire Archaeology, on land at Polwell Lane, Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire. Archaeology dating from the mid Iron Age to the present day, with earlier less tangible elements including Neolithic flint and a Middle Bronze Age pit were recorded. The mid Iron Age settlement comprising thirteen ring ditches and other features, was initially unenclosed; later a large enclosure defined its extent. The settlement was self contained with a number of ancillary enclosures positioned around its core. Unusually for Northamptonshire the site also had over 300 individual pits, some of which were likely to have been used for storage. The sheep based economy of the Mid Iron Age was replaced in the Late Iron Age by a cattle dominated one. By the time of the end of the 1st century AD settlement had shifted away from the site, probably to the south where rescue excavations in the 1960s recorded Iron Age and Roman pits. The site of the former Iron Age settlement was given over to a network of outfield paddocks and enclosures and there was evidence for industrial working areas and quarrying. Later occupation of the site occurred during the early Anglo-Saxon period (5th to 6th century AD when four sunken featured buildings were present. The Late Saxon to medieval settlement core is thought to have been centred to the north-east of the site, at the manor and St Botolph's Church. From this period the site was farm land, ridge and furrow was recorded in the geophysical survey and traces were also found during excavation. |
Author: |
Carol Simmonds
Charlotte Walker
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Publisher: |
MOLA Northampton
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Northamptonshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Polwell Lane, Barton Seagrave |
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Northamptonshire |
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North Northamptonshire |
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BARTON SEAGRAVE |
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England |
Grid Reference: 488600, 276600 (Easting, Northing)
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molanort1-180474 |
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14/113 |
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A4, red spine, heat bonded, clear covers
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01 Feb 2018 |