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6 Walnut Tree Road, Pirton, Hertfordshire: archaeological monitoring report |
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Heritage Network unpublished report series
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heritage1-117593_1.pdf (7 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
In response to a condition on the planning consent for the construction of an extension to the existing house at 6 Walnut Tree Road, Pirton, Hertfordshire, the Heritage Network was commissioned by the owner to undertake a programme of archaeological monitoring of the development groundworks. It was considered that the present project could provide the opportunity to investigate the development and extent of settlement at Pirton, from the Roman period onwards, the transition from the Romano-British to the Anglo-Saxon period, and the shrinking of Pirton during the later medieval period. An undated ditch or pit [008] was revealed in the southeast corner of the extension footings. It is possible that this feature was part of the garden or yardland of the original cottages, perhaps as part of a boundary. The deposits revealed along the west edge of the extension footprint formed part of the original line of the pond that lies to the west of the site, marked on the 1st edition O.S. map as a moat. It is possible that cut [006], with its fills of subsoil and oxidised clay (007), represents the consolidation and re-shaping of the bank, using material scoured from the pond. |
Author: |
J Snee
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Publisher: |
Heritage Network
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Bury Cottage, 6 Walnut Tree Road |
County: |
Herefordshire |
District: |
North Hertfordshire |
Parish: |
PIRTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 514850, 231670 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
heritage1-117593 |
OBIB: |
Heritage Network Report No: 713 |
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A4 booklet, comb bound, green cover, 10 pages, 3 figures, 8 plates
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |