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Briar Hill excavation 1974-8
Helen M Bamford
Neo causewayed enclosure in Northants, built and rebuilt several times before 2500 BC, little trace of activity within but maintained for 1000 years on an indefensible site at junction of soil types. Domestic refuse. Also BA cremation cemetery, then Iron Age, RB, and Saxon settlement traces. Specialist report. Very early 14C dates.
1985
Middle Saxon palaces at Northampton
John H Williams
Michael Shaw
Varian Denham
Successive mid-Saxon timber and stone palaces, with three mechanical mortar mixers; early church E of St Peter's, early timber buildings (large mid-Saxon timber hall) followed by mid-Saxon stone hall, a late Saxon period, medieval and post-medieval developments. Pottery.
1985
St Peter's Street Northampton: excavations 1973-6
John H Williams
et multi alii
Excavations traced the development of a large area within the town centre from Middle Saxon times through to the end of the Middle Ages. Ten house-sites were traced throughout this period, but the principal significance of the site lies in showing how a neighbourhood evolved. Small amounts of prehistoric, Roman and Early Saxon material were found, followed by a Middle Saxon church with evidence for mortar mixers. Clusters of Late Saxon sunken huts showed some industrial evidence (ironworking, ?bone-working) but no formalized street planning until 11th or 12th century. Stone buildings appeared in later 13th; early in 15th the whole street was reconstructed, perhaps with some two-storey houses, even though these were artisan dwellings associated with tanning, drying etc. A bad fire after 1500 destroyed the street which then fell into dereliction. Many specialist appendices treat the pottery, coins, architectural, industrial and environmental evidence.
1979
Two Iron Age sites in Northampton
Excavation in advance of development uncovered Iron Age enclosures at Moulton Park and at Blackthorn. The first site had two enclosures, a circular one containing at least two houses, and a more rectilinear one with at least three houses. The pottery is pre-Belgic and Belgic. The house gullies were for stormwater, not structures. Blackthorn was a double-ditched squarish enclosure of ¼ acre which was stripped to reveal one house and 28 pits with late pre-Belgic pottery. Arable farming and stock raising are attested; pottery, including some "Hunsbury"-decorated ware, and small finds are catalogued.
1974
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