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Land West of Cople, Cople, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological field evaluation was undertaken in accordance with Condition 12 of Planning permission , which was granted by Bedford Borough Council for provision of 6 grass sports pitches, a two-storey clubhouse building, access, car parking, a maintenance barn, and associated landscaping on land to the west of Cople. The evaluation employed geophysical (gradiometer) survey and trial trenching, focusing on the areas of development impact (i.e. <7ha) within the development area. The detailed results of the geophysical survey are the subject of a separate report. Generally, the evaluation identified few archaeological features and there was a distinct lack of artefacts and food refuse from the excavated deposits suggests that these features were unrelated to settlement - despite their relative proximity to the centre of Cople village. It is most likely that the features were of negligible significance, reflecting the primarily agricultural use of the land and functioned as drains and/or field boundaries. However there was a regionally significant, probably prehistoric pit alignment, visible as cropmarks running approximately north-south along the east side of the floodplain of the Cople Brook. A ditched boundary on an east-west alignment might tentatively be associated with the postulated Roman road (Viatores 124/HER738), but this identification is uncertain. |
Author: |
J Oetgen
K Pilkinton
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Bedford Borough HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Land west of Cople |
County: |
Bedfordshire |
District: |
Bedford |
Parish: |
COPLE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 510110, 248672 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-192114 |
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2015/05 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |