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38sites and five sites at which Romano-British occupation was indicated bythe presence of both features and pottery. Two Iron Age sites are of morethan local importance, one a 'Welwyn-type' burial was fully excavated, theother, a sealed ground surface will shortly be re-examined for environmentaldata. The latter site at Woodham is Of particular significance as it liesin the flat clay Vale of Aylesbury. The County Museum Archaeological Groupcontinued to contribute substantially to the total of Buckinghamshire sitesby systematic fieldwalking and aerial photography within the county revealedmore. Electronic survey was carried out on two sites, successfully in thecase of a recently discovered Anglo-Saxon cemetery, but less so on a Romano-British site.A number of talks were given in the course of the year to outside bodies;particularly successful was an 'archaeology day' in conjunction with theBuckinghamshire Federation of Women's Institutes. The year has also seenthe formation of an Industrial Archaeology Group which is associated withthe Bucks Archaeological Society. The Museum continues to benefit from themany hours freely given by members of its Archaeological Group, whose activitiesare reported elsewhere. Very welcome also was the presence oftwo OUDES In-Service trainees during the course of the year.BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL GROUP - Mike FarleyDuring 1977 the County Museum Archaeological Group has continued toprovide active support to the Museum in a number of ways. The most significantexternal activity of the year was the extremely full cover given bythe Group to the natural gas main as it was laid across the county from Wto E, a distance of some 23 miles. The line was first walked well in advanceof pipe-laying which served to locate a few previously unknown sites,then immediately after the topsoil had been stripped, which located a fewmore, and finally as the trench was being cut. The latter process exposedtwo Iron Age sites of far more than local significance. Some 25 membersof the Group were involved with the whole pipeline operation, and whilstthe pipe was being cut it was found possible to give good cover three timesa week over several months with volunteers on each occasion. Once agreementhad been reached on the nature of the access, the personnel involvedand certain obvious safety requirements satisfied, the British Gas Corporationgave their full support to the project and some of the resultshave since featured in the Corporation's house magazine HQ News for October1977.Other outside activities have included a continuing programme of parishsurvey, attention being focused on Haddenham, a large parish with mucharable and of which virtually nothing was previously known archaeologically.Fieldwalking has already produced a number of new flint sites and severalscatters of Romano-Britishmaterial. Members of the Group have also assistedwith excavations at Dorton and Magiovinium as well as undertaking their own-fieldwork.Work continued weekly at the Museum in both day and evening sessionsprocessing incoming material, researching specific themes relevant to thecounty and improving various aspects of the Sites and Monuments Record.Much attention has recently been paid to integrating contemporary fieldnames acquired as a result of appeals to Women's Institutes and other bodies.It is likely that the Group's work on windmills in the county willshortly be ready for publication and will appear in a similar format totheir earlier work on moated sites.
39NORTHAMPTON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION _ John H. WilliamsAlthough the pace of development has for the time being slowed down,the pressure for archaeological work has been unabated. Watching briefshave been maintained on various sites in and around Northampton. Excavationhas been continuous apart from July - September and interim statements arepublished below. A considerable effort has been devoted to post-excavationand publication. Most of the site records have been microfilmed as a securityarchive. Work is in hand in linking the documentary evidence forNorthampton with the archaeology. Thorplands Roman site and a post-medievalpottery group, as well as a survey of Little Billing by David Hall, werepublished in Northamptonshire Archaeology VolJ2. Articles on 'The EarlyDevelopment of Northampton' and 'Planning and the Environment in a New Town'were contributed to 'Mercian Studies' (ed. Dornier) and 'Planning and theHistoric Environment Vol.21 (ed. Rowley and Breakell). The Greyfriars excavationwill be appearing in the next volume of Northamptonshire Archaeology(Vol.13) and 'Excavations in St. Peters St' will be published in 1978as NDC Archaeological Monograph No.2.During the year the unit lost M. McCarthy who left to become Directorof the new Carlisle Archaeological Unit and Richard Hunter who departed forAmerica. Mary Gryspeerdt has joined the staff as Pottery Researcher andMichael Shaw as an Assistant Field Archaeologist.BRIAR HILL, Northampton - Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure (Site Code P76)Grid Ref. 735594 - Helen BamfordDuring the past 12 months a further 3,400 sq.m. of the interior of thesite have been excavated, completing the investigation of the inner enclosureformed by the inward spiral of the inner ditch in the eastern halfof the site.The Neolithic DitchThe 'ditch' which forms the western side of the inner enclosure wasproved to consist of closely spaced pits, considerably smaller and shalloweron average than the segments of the main ditch circuits so far excavated tothe N and E but, like the latter, showing evidence of extensive recutting.On the NW side of the inner enclosure these pits are no more than 1.00m. to2.50m. long and between 0.30m. and 0.60m. deep and flank a possible entrance.They contained numerous sherds of undecorated Neolithic bowls, fragmentsof rubbing stones and saddle querns and flints.The InteriorIn the middle of the southern half of the inner enclosure are thefoundations of a rectangular timber structure measuring 5m. by 2.50m. andapparently of Neolithic date. Immediately W of this are 3 post-holes anda slot which may represent a second structure. Finds from the post-holesincluded sherds of late Neolithic grooved ware. In the same area are severalsmall pits which may also be Neolithic.The remainder of the current season of excavation will be devoted toan examination of parts of the outer enclosure and of the inner and outerditch on the W side of the site. Work is expected to finish in June 1978.
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