GONDECOURT
Nord, France.
In the arrondissement of Lille, canton of Seclin. Situated on the W
edge of the chalky plateau of Le Mélantois and the
marshy valley of La Haute Deule, on the boundary of the
cities of the Atrebates and the Menapii, this little commune has not been excavated systematically. Thus no
trace has been found of any prehistoric occupation,
whereas the nearby communes of Houplin, Seclin, and
Allennes les Marais have yielded important remains of
every period. Toponymy is of no help in providing
archaeological sources, with the exception of the area
known as Pré à Motte, on the edge of the Deule marshes,
an indication that there was once a feudal mound here
(it has disappeared). The only archaeological find, made
in 1934, was a Roman interment. Near the skeleton,
which faced N-S, was an urn and some Hadrianic coins.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
C. T. Leuridan, “Gondecourt, son histoire féodale et notes pour sa monographie,”
Bulletin de
la Société d'Etudes de la Province de Cambrai 19 (1914)
143-229
P; C. Liagre, “Découverte d'une sépulture romaine à Gondecourt,”
Bulletin de la Commission Historique du Nord 35 (1938) 790.
P. LEMAN
