Keir, W. and Turner, I. (2014). Land off High Street and Lodge Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051202. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off High Street and Lodge Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A planning application is to be submitted for a potential housing development on land off High Street Cranfield, Bedfordshire. The proposed development area (PDA) lies on the south-west edge of Cranfield in a landscape that contains settlement evidence dating from the late pre-Belgic Iron Age to the Roman period. Consequently it was proposed that an archaeological field evaluation be carried out in order to establish the nature, extent and date of any archaeological remains within the PDA. The evaluation, comprising the excavation of six trial trenches, was undertaken between 3rd and 6th March 2014. Archaeological features were identified in five of the six trenches, most of which comprised features associated with the agricultural use of the PDA from the medieval period onwards. The exception are mid-late Iron Age settlement features, comprising pits, postholes and a ditch revealed within Trench 2. The evidence of mid-late Iron Age settlement activities on the PDA is of particular interest in light of regional research objectives regarding Iron Age rural settlement patterns on the clay plateaus (Oake 2007, 11). The furrows revealed in all but one of the trenches are of less significance, proving the area of the PDA was cultivated from at least the medieval period onwards as indicated by historical maps. The revealed post-medieval and modern features are of negligible significance. The HER records a number of heritage assets within 500m of the PDA, several of which are post-medieval standing buildings. The two closest, HER6364 and HER14362 located on High Street and Lodge Road respectively, lie c. 100m from the PDA. Already lying within a setting that encompasses 20th century housing, particularly off Lodge Road immediately to the south and east of the PDA, suggests any residential development of the PDA is unlikely to negatively affect their setting or, as a result, their significance.
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Author:		 Wesley Keir
I Turner
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Land off High Street and Lodge Road
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: CRANFIELD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 494964, 241558 (Easting, Northing)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FURROWS (Monus)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-175483
OBIB: 2014/44
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Created Date:		 22 Mar 2019