Brown, J. (2009). Ampthill Castle Community Archaeology Project, Ampthill Park, Woburn Road, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, July 2009, Updated Project Design. Northamptonshire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040848. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Ampthill Castle Community Archaeology Project, Ampthill Park, Woburn Road, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, July 2009, Updated Project Design
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Series:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological features and deposits were identified by means of geophysical resistance survey. Potential features were investigated in relation to the documented survey of 1567. Substantial construction trenches were part of a more extensive layout of features that produced Saxon pottery. A large ditch and a possible sunken building with a hearth at its base were also investigated. Fill materials and sealing layers suggested substantial levelling upon the site which may have flattened earthworks and filled depressions. This activity preceded the construction of a palatial residence by Sir John Cornwall in the early 15th century. Remains of the palace building ranges, used by Henry VIII's staff and surveyed in 1567, comprised the base of stone wall foundations, floor preparation levels with clay floors partially intact and the base of a brick chimney hearth. These remains were heavily robbed and it is likely that they did not survive the Parliamentarian capture of Ampthill during the Civil War. Many of the sealing layers that would have comprised destruction, abandonment and demolition layers were heavily disturbed or redeposited. Activity upon the site by Prisoners of War during the Great War and the Second World War was extensive.
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Author:		 J Brown
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Publisher:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Ampthill Park, Woburn Road, Ampthill
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: AMPTHILL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 502470, 238390 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STONE WALL FOUNDATIONS, CLAY FLOORS (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: northamp3-72708
OBIB: 09/106
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Note:		 A4, blue spine, heat bound, clear cover to show picture
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017