Title: |
Land adjacent to Shepherd's Cottage, High Street, Swineshead, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation |
Series: |
Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Planning permission was granted for the construction of a new dwelling, including access, parking and turning area on land adjacent to Shepherd's Cottage, High Street, Swineshead, Bedfordshire The planning permission contained a condition requiring the implementation of a programme of archaeological work. The initial stage of this work comprised field evaluation by trial trenching. The trial trenching comprised the excavation of two trenches, one measuring 5m and the second measuring 10m in length and 2m in width, positioned to test the areas affected by the planned construction works within the proposed development area The evaluation identified archaeological features in Trench 2 - a layer, quarry pits and a possible linear feature, which all dated to the post-medieval / modern period (17th to 19th century). No features were encountered in Trench 1 and the absence of subsoil in this trench as well as the loose character of the topsoil throughout the site suggests that the site has been considerably disturbed by post-medieval and later activity. |
Author: |
W Starke
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2018
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Locations: |
Site: |
Land adjacent to Shepherd's Cottage, High Street |
County: |
Bedfordshire |
District: |
Bedford |
Parish: |
SWINESHEAD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 505906, 265768 (Easting, Northing)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
albionar1-302051 |
OBIB: |
2018/30 |
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Source: |
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Created Date: |
02 Jul 2018 |