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the Deserted Medieval Village at thrupp to the north of the town, where there is some underlying Romano-British activity. Later this year, we are intending to do some small excavations to the south of the town to understand activity there as well.
Other projects
In addition to our principal work, we have undertaken various projects looking at other locations and topics, away from our core work. For example a small urban excavation at Branson’s Lane, towcester to support the local youth club with a planning excavation to enable them to extend their premises, revealed no Romano-British, just late medieval to early modern for a change!
Perhaps our most interesting and extensive secondary project has been a survey into the prehistoric hill-forts in northamptonshire for the national hill-forts mapping project of england and Wales, scotland and Ireland, a project led jointly by the Universities of edinburgh and oxford, and University College Cork working with volunteers from the community. the Atlas can be seen at https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac. uk/. From CLAsP’s perspective this project has provided a far greater understanding not only of the hill-forts themselves but also the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Spellow Well on the east side of Borough Hill, Daventry; the site of the meeting place for the early Hundred of Aluardeslea. It is sited close to the early burial tumuli on the summit. What is the relevance between this and the hill-fort itself? © CLASP
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