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Land to Rear of 36 High Street, Riseley, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Observation, Investigation, Recording, Analysis and Publication |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Bedford Borough Council granted planning permission for the construction of a one-and-half storey dwelling, detached car-port and associated works on land to the rear of 36 High Street, Riseley. The site lies within an area of archaeological sensitivity. Following advice from Bedford Borough Council's Historic Environment Team, a condition was attached to the planning consent requiring a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording. The earliest dateable archaeological feature was a pit [12] that was partially exposed in the easternmost corner of Area 1. It was cut through the lower colluvium and sealed by the upper colluvium and contained a single sherd of pottery dated to the 15th-16th centuries. Two NE-SW aligned ditches, located close to the pit, were cut through the upper colluvium, indicating that they post-date pit [12]. A small sherd of abraded pottery dating from the 12th or 13th century was the only object recovered from the ditches and is residual in this context. An undated, clay-filled, circular feature was partially exposed at the south-west side of Area 1; it is interpreted as a well. Modern activity was evidenced by 20th-century disturbance in the north of Area 1; a make-up layer with 18th- and 19th-century pottery along the south-west side of Area 1; and features or deposits containing stone, brick and tile rubble in Area 2. The pit and ditches found in Area 1 may be related to late medieval/early post-medieval development in this part of the village. The paucity of artefacts suggests that the features did not form part of a domestic focus. The modern evidence probably relates to the use of the existing building at the front of the plot and its later modification. |
Author: |
M Phillips
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Albion Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Bedford Borough HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Land to the rear of 36 High Street, Riseley |
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Bedfordshire |
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Bedford |
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RISELEY |
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England |
Grid Reference: 503910, 262560 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-177720 |
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2014/99 |
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01 Feb 2018 |