Land off the A5/A428 Junction 18 of the M1 Crick Northamptonshire

Phase 1
In April 2012 Oxford Archaeology carried out a trial trench evaluation at Land off the
A5/A428, Junction 18 of the M1, Crick, Northamptonshire. The only archaeological
feature of note was a pit containing charcoal and fired clay hearth or oven furniture
of probable Iron Age or Romano British date. Undated features included a narrow
ditch, a truncated posthole, and a burnt out tree root. Land drains of post medieval
date were present in the majority of trenches, including one that had been inserted
into a post medieval ditch.
Phase 2
Between the 23rd and 25th of October 2012 Oxford Archaeology carried out the
excavation of a 32 x 31.6m area (Trench 9) at Land off the A5/A428, Junction 18 of
the M1, Crick, Northamptonshire. The excavation followed an 8 trench evaluation of
the site which had been carried out in April 2012 and was required to investigate the
the possibility of further features in the vicinity of Trench 5 of that evaluation. The
only archaeological feature of note was a pit containing charcoal and pottery of
Early Iron Age date. An undated posthole and three tree boles were also recorded.