Clark, A. (2013). Historic Field Boundary Evaluation, Amazon Park, Newton Aycliffe. Wardell Armstrong Consulting Group. https://doi.org/10.5284/1028178. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Historic Field Boundary Evaluation, Amazon Park, Newton Aycliffe
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Series:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The archaeological evaluation was undertaken over five days between the 29th April and the 3rd May 2013, and involved the excavation of nine trenches positioned across seven of the historic field boundaries which lie within the proposed development site. Seven of the nine trenches showed the construction of the field boundaries to be the same as that recorded within the Historic Hedgerow Survey undertaken by Northern Archaeological Associates in 2012. Two of the trenches, Trenches 5 and 11 have provided additional information with regards to construction methods and possible land use. Trench 5 was excavated through H30 which was believed to exist as a standing wall but excavation revealed it to be an earthen bank construction with two linear ditches, one on either side of the bank. A sherd of medieval pottery was recovered from within the eastern ditch along with a possibly late medieval or post-medieval shard of glass, potentially dating the ditch to the medieval period. Within Trench 11 excavation revealed a wide V shaped ditch below the position of the current hedgerow. The size of the ditch possibly indicates that this was a former field boundary that at a later date, once it has silted up, has been replaced with the dense hawthorn. A ditched boundary is more indicative of arable farming as a hedgerow is more effective at separating livestock. This V shaped ditch potentially corresponds to the use of this field within the medieval period as it ties in with the upstanding ridge and furrow cultivation within the field to the south. The addition of a hedgerow at a later date may indicate a shift in the utilization of the landscape towards a pastoral regime. The results obtained during the present evaluation have added a small amount of additional information regarding two of the hedgerows, H30 and H10, but otherwise have served to back up the conclusions drawn in the Historic Hedgerow Survey (NAA 2012).
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Author:		 Angus Clark
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Publisher:		 Wardell Armstrong Consulting Group
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Historic Field Boundary Evaluation Amazon Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
Parish: GREAT AYCLIFFE
District: County Durham
County: Durham
Country: England
Grid Reference: 426800, 522200 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Land Boundaries (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Land Boundary (Monus)
3rd May 2013 (Auto Detected Temporal)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
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OASIS Id: wardella2-159751
OBIB: CP10448/13
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016