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Shortstown Lower School, Canberra Road, Shortstown, Bedfordshire: Archa |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Albion Archaeology was commissioned by CgMs Consulting Ltd on behalf of Kier Homes Ltd, to undertake a programme of archaeological trial trenching at the site of the former Lower School in Shortstown. Landscaping and construction works associated with the school had the greatest impact in the southern part of the site, though even the northern part of the site had been impacted by landscaping. Below these deposits the former arable cultivation soil was revealed in the northern and western parts of the site, though no trace of medieval cultivation furrows were revealed, suggesting that recent farming had removed any trace of these features. A series of ditches and smaller gullies were identified in Trenches 2 and 5 to the north and west respectively of the main school building. At least two phases of ditches were identified in Trench 5, west of the school, with a small assemblage of pottery indicating an early Iron Age date for this activity. In summary, the investigation revealed a small number of archaeological features to the north and west of the main school building. Those to the west of the school appear to date to the early Iron Age and define a series of enclosures. Some of the features to the north of the school appear to correlate with vegetation marks. Although truncated by medieval and later cultivation, these features have at least local significance, given the findings from the nearby site at the former RAF Cardington, further to the east. |
Author: |
Benjamin Carroll
G Edmondson
Christiane Meckseper
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Shortstown Lower School, Bedford - Evaluation |
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Bedfordshire |
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Bedford |
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EASTCOTTS |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 506850, 246830 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-170792 |
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2014/28 |
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01 Feb 2018 |