Carroll, B., Luke, M. and Wells, J. (2016). Land off Campton Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Investigation Final Report. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088238. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off Campton Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Investigation Final Report
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In late 2015 and early 2016 Albion Archaeology carried out an archaeological investigation in advance of residential development of land off Campton Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire . The development area lies close to a known heritage asset in the form of a late Iron Age/Romano-British settlement. Investigations over the last twenty years have shown that the settlement comprises a series of rectangular ditched enclosures and contains several buildings, including an aisled building with heated rooms. For this reason a condition was attached to the planning permission requiring a programme of archaeological investigation, recording, analysis and publication. The investigations revealed a small number of late Iron Age/Romano-British features - a water-pit and boundary ditches - and demonstrated that no burials survived within the excavation area. If any burials had once been present, they would probably have been destroyed by post-medieval quarrying, found in the northern part of the excavation area. It now seems likely that the main western boundary of the settlement was that located in previous investigations, just outside the development area to the east. Given the small number of features, a relatively large assemblage of late Iron Age/Romano-British artefacts, mainly pottery, was recovered from the investigations. The vast majority of this derived from the water-pit, suggesting that it was used for rubbish disposal once it had gone out use. A small assemblage of abraded early Iron Age pottery was also recovered from the investigations, hinting that a settlement of this period was located in the vicinity.
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Author:		 B Carroll
M Luke
J Wells
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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:		 2016
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Site: Land off Campton Road
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: SHEFFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 513600, 238680 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUARRY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) WATER PIT (Monus)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-230684
OBIB: 2016/62
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021