Brown, J. (2015). Archaeological trial trench and test pit evaluation for the A5-M1 Link Road, Bedfordshire, May 2014 to January 2015. Northampton: MOLA Northampton. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084022. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological trial trench and test pit evaluation for the A5-M1 Link Road, Bedfordshire, May 2014 to January 2015
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Series:		 MOLA Northampton unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological trial trench evaluation for the A5-M1 Link Road began in May 2014 and concluded in January 2015. MOLA was commissioned to undertake the work by Costain-Carillion Joint Venture (CCJV) on behalf of the Highways Agency. The work identified two main concentrations of archaeological remains in the vicinity of the future M1 Junction 11a. Along the road corridor there were undated ditches to the north of Ouzel Brook, at Grove Farm and at Thorn Farm. Late Iron Age and Roman agricultural activity in the form of enclosure boundaries lay to either side of the M1 motorway, which may have been part of a contemporary ancient landscape that was fragmented by the motorway development, built 1958-1959. A large Roman quarry pit may also indicate small scale extraction. Anglo-Saxon finds were recovered on the west side of the motorway, on the fringes of Chalton, comprising a loomweight and pottery. Later remains of the 12th century were also found nearby, thought to form part of an outlying settlement fronting onto the road from the village. Two existing enclosures appeared to form a small village end, occupied by properties, with medieval remains in the field adjacent
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Author:		 J Brown
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Publisher:		 MOLA Northampton
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: A5-M1 link road Chalton and Houghton Regis
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: HOUGHTON CONQUEST
Country: England
Grid Reference: 499590, 224350 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 503830, 225870 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) WORKED FLINT (Find)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: molanort1-219418
OBIB: 15/131
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Created Date:		 16 Feb 2021