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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

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