Source/Archive record (Report) SLI14464 - Swinderby Sewage Treatment Works, Thurlby

Title Swinderby Sewage Treatment Works, Thurlby
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2013
HER Report no. 4993
Northamptonshire Archaeology 13/72

Abstract/Summary

Report on a watching brief, undertaken during the insertion of a new outfall pipe at Swinderby Sewage Treatment Works, Thurlby. Substantial fragments of an early prehistoric pottery vessel were found in close proximity to a heavily patinated flint blade. Several fragments of metal were also recovered, and were thought to be debris from an Avro Manchester aircraft, that crashed somewhere nearby during the Second World War.

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Location

HER M13/1

Referenced Monuments (2)

  • Early Prehistoric Finds, Thurlby (Find Spot)
  • Second World War Aircraft Crash Site, Thurlby (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Swinderby Sewage Treatment Works, Thurlby

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Sep 8 2014 10:58AM

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