Brown, R. (2017). Land at Lurke Street and St Cuthbert's St, Bedford, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1056354. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Lurke Street and St Cuthbert's St, Bedford, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeology Collective, on behalf of the client, Benross Construction Ltd, commissioned Cotswold Archaeology to carry out an archaeological evaluation in May 2017 of land at Lurke Street and St Cuthbert's Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire. The evaluation was undertaken to provide initial archaeological information in relation to an archaeological planning condition attached to the planning consent for the demolition of boundary walls and the construction of a 5-storey and a 3-storey building at the site. The fieldwork comprised the excavation of seven trenches. The work was managed by Archaeology Collective on behalf of the client. Archaeological interest in the site is derived from its location within the historic core of Bedford and its proximity to the postulated alignment of the northern section of the Saxon Burgh defences. The evaluation has revealed a sequence of deposits and structures dating from the Iron Age, medieval, post-medieval and modern uses of the site. An isolated Iron Age pit was identified within the western part of the site. The evaluation also revealed the well preserved remains of a large medieval ditch which follows the postulated alignment of the northern defensive ditch of the Saxon Burgh, as well as localised post-medieval quarrying. The archaeological works have also successfully characterised the development of the site from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries, and have identified evidence of the structures depicted on 19th-century cartographic sources.
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Author:		 R Brown
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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County: Bedfordshire
Site: Land at Lurke Street and St Cuthbert’s Street
District: Bedford
Parish: BEDFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 505171, 250008 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 505268, 250019 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
SHERD (Object England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
DITCH/BURGH (Monus)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-299216
OBIB: 17293
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Created Date:		 13 Sep 2019