Archaeologists to dig into Daventry's history

Archaeologists will use scanners to carry out a survey of land in a town in Northamptonshire in perparation for a planning application.

The team will be working in Daventry, once home to Anglo Saxons, a priory and now a thriving market town.

Northamptonshire Archaeology will carry out a series of small-scale digs in a field off Eastern Way and Ashby Road.

This work is part of a proposed town centre development and must be carried out to support a planning application.

Sections of land will be fenced off to the public but residents will be able to continue accessing other areas of the field....