Starke, W. (2018). Land off Woburn Road, Kempston Hardwick, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084504. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off Woburn Road, Kempston Hardwick, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Low Carbon Alliance are preparing a planning application for a gas-fuelled electricity generating plant and associated works at the site of the former Brickmakers Arms PublicHouse, Woburn Road, Kempston Hardwick, Bedford. The proposed development area lies adjacent to an extensive late Iron Age / Romano-British settlement. I The evaluation revealed extensive modern made-ground and other modern disturbance, below which lay a series of archaeological features - three ditches and two pits. Although no datable material was recovered, the apparently later ditch in the sequence correlates with the continuation of ditches identified as part of a late Iron Age / Roman farmstead, associated with the adjacent Marsh Leys investigation. The parallel, apparently earlier, ditches have an alignment similar to the undated ditches revealed to the SW, along the road corridor for the A421 Improvements scheme. They may define a trackway. The nature of the fills of the ditches and the lack of apparent finds suggest that they define boundaries located away from any focus of human habitation. The pits appear to be of contrasting date, based on their relationships to the subsoil. The larger pit truncates the subsoil, implying a more recent date (possibly post-medieval) to that of the smaller pit, assuming the subsoil was associated with the former agricultural use of the area. The small pit could be contemporary with the ditches as it was also sealed by the subsoil. Whilst the ditches have some potential to address aspects of Iron Age and Roman landscape, the apparent lack of finds suggest very limited potential to address issues relating to the contemporary rural economy and environment. The pits are of uncertain function and appear to have limited potential to address local and regional research objectives.
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Author:		 W Starke
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Woburn Road, Kempston Hardwick
County: Bedfordshire
District: Bedford
Parish: KEMPSTON RURAL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 502240, 245580 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-329488
OBIB: 2018/159
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Created Date:		 16 Feb 2021