Wilson, M. D. (2022). A MEDIEVAL CAUSEWAY AT 1A LONDON END, IRCHESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1113084. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A MEDIEVAL CAUSEWAY AT 1A LONDON END, IRCHESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
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Series:		 Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1113084
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Abstract:		 Machine strip of overburden under archaeological guidance, followed by hand-excavation, recording, finds recovery, environmental sampling and survey. The discovery of a medieval causeway alongside the former course of a brook and in proximity to a medieval manorial centre. A unique survival in the rear garden of a 17th century cottage. The structural evidence comprised a metalled, raised route-way that was in use from the 13th century through to at least the 14th / 15th century, with three distinct phases of construction and suspected evidence of structural damage as a result of severe weather conditions during the medieval climatic anomaly. The causeway originated in the late 13th century as a raised track-way of cobbles set in clay, and flanked by a ditch. A more robust causeway of pitched limestone slabs and kerbing was built over it in the 13th / 14th century. In the same period the causeway appeared to have suffered severe erosion and subsequently underwent significant repair and widening. During the 14th / 15th century during there was a natural accumulation of soil on either side. By the 16th century, when a stone-lined drain was built through the structure, it was possibly no more than an earthwork. Exploration of the historic landscape context of the causeway - its spatial relationship with the manorial complex and its possible route - suggests that it may have been a trade route. It is further hypothesised that the causeway’s construction may well have been a direct response to severe climatic anomalies of the period. The evidence thus has the following research interests/themes: Medieval road construction Local/ regional trade routes The Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA)
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Author:		 Martin D Wilson ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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Parish: Irchester
Country: England
County: Northamptonshire
District: Wellingborough
Grid Reference: 492688, 265579 (Easting, Northing)
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERVENTION (Event)
CAUSEWAY (Monument Type England)
ROAD (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL RIM SHERD (Tag)
MEDIEVAL PACKHORSE ROAD (Tag)
MEDIEVAL ROAD (Tag)
BODY SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL RIM SHERD (Tag)
PACKHORSE ROAD (Monument Type England)
RIM SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL BODY SHERD (Tag)
EARLY MEDIEVAL BODY SHERD (Tag)
MEDIEVAL CAUSEWAY (Tag)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: souterra1-504965
Report id: SOU21-751
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Created Date:		 21 Sep 2023