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OLIVER’S MEADOW, GORDON’S LODGE FARMHANSLOPE, NR GRAFTON REGIS,NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
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OLIVER’S MEADOW, GORDON’S LODGE FARMHANSLOPE, NR GRAFTON REGIS,NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION ANDAN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
Contents1INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................71.1Project Background...................................................................................71.2Geology, Topography and Hydrogrology................................................71.3Archaeological and historical background..............................................82METHODS.........................................................................................................112.1Introduction..............................................................................................11
Geophysical Survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)..................................11
2.2Aims and objectives.................................................................................12
Excavation..................................................................................................12
2.3Evaluation methods..................................................................................133RESULTS...........................................................................................................133.1Geophysical survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)..............................13
The larger enclosure (Enclosure B)...........................................................14The smaller enclosure (Enclosure A).........................................................14
3.2Excavation.................................................................................................14
Trench 1 (Figure 4)....................................................................................14Trench 2 (Figure 5)....................................................................................15Trench 3 (Figure 6)....................................................................................16 Trench 4 (Figure 7)....................................................................................18Trench 5 (Figure 8)....................................................................................19
4FINDS.................................................................................................................204.2Pottery.......................................................................................................214.3Metalwork.................................................................................................234.4Other Finds...............................................................................................234.5Animal Bone.............................................................................................24
Introduction................................................................................................24Condition and preservation.......................................................................24Species identification.................................................................................24Summary.....................................................................................................26
4.6Potential and recommendations.............................................................265ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE...................................................................275.1Samples taken and palaeo-environmental evidence.............................275.2Charred Plant Remains and Charcoals.................................................27
Charred plant remains...............................................................................27 Charcoal.....................................................................................................27 Land Snails.................................................................................................28
5.3Potential and proposals for further work..............................................286DISCUSSION.....................................................................................................29
Hanslope, Northamptonshire
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« prev | next »- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Project Background
- 1.2 Geology, Topography and Hydrogrology
- 1.3 Archaeological and historical background
- 2 METHODS
- Geophysical Survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)
- 2.2 Aims and objectives
- Excavation
- 2.3 Evaluation methods
- 3 RESULTS
- 3.1 Geophysical survey (by GSB Prospection Limited)
- The larger enclosure (Enclosure B)
- The smaller enclosure (Enclosure A)
- 3.2 Excavation
- Trench 1 (Figure 4)
- Trench 2 (Figure 5)
- Trench 3 (Figure 6)
- Trench 4 (Figure 7)
- Trench 5 (Figure 8)
- 4 FINDS
- 4.3 Metalwork
- Introduction
- Condition and preservation
- Species identification
- 4.6 Potential and recommendations
- 5 ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE
- 5.1 Samples taken and palaeo-environmental evidence
- 5.2 Charred Plant Remains and Charcoals
- Charred plant remains
- Charcoal
- Land Snails
- 5.3 Potential and proposals for further work
- 6 DISCUSSION
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