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45-47 Mill Street, Bedford: Archaeological Observation, Investigation, Analysis and Publication |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Planning consent was granted by Bedford Borough Council for the conversion of two 19th-century Georgian buildings from their previous use as offices to residential properties at 45-47 Mill Street, Bedford. The archaeological works were undertaken initially focusing on the open-area investigation to the south of the building. Below modern deposits associated with the existing tarmac car park, the investigation revealed a sequence of deposits including a sewer pipe and a brick and limestone wall, probably associated with the standing building. A modern garden soil was above a thin spread of brick and limestone rubble, possibly associated with the construction of the standing buildings rather than demolition of an adjacent structure. This was above an earlier cultivation soil, which contained a small assemblage of finds including late Saxon and medieval pottery. Below this, some 1.85m below the present ground level, was a pit which contained residual late Saxon pottery as well as 13th-14th-century pottery. This feature could not be fully excavated due to the rapid ingress of groundwater. An initial site visit which examined the cellar area suggested the presence of archaeological deposits surviving below the modern sand make-up for the cellar floor, which was some 2m below the existing ground level. However, during the initial stage of ground reduction within the cellar, it quickly became apparent that the depth of existing foundations was not sufficient to allow further ground reduction; this was abandoned and no further archaeological work was required. |
Author: |
G Edmondson
A G Williams
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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: |
2015
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45-47 Mill Street |
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Bedfordshire |
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Bedford |
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BEDFORD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 505182, 249839 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-225599 |
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2015/206 |
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19 Feb 2018 |