Webb, R. (2020). Land north of Furzenhall Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1089597. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land north of Furzenhall Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Between the 2nd of September and the 15th of October 2019 Oxford Archaeology East conducted an archaeological evaluation on land off Furzenhall Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (centred on TL 1945 3462). A total of 75 trenches were excavated within an area of proposed residential development, covering 5% of a 16.8ha area. The site was located on relatively flat land on arable farmland on the north-eastern edge of Biggleswade. The earliest remains consisted an Iron Age enclosure with associated ditches and pits that largely matched the geophysical survey results in the south-eastern corner, and two possible smaller enclosures towards the north. Roman features included ditches, on varying alignments, and pits which probably related to activity outside of a settlement. A ditched road may have had its origins in this period. The road continued to be used in the medieval and post-medieval periods, potentially destroying evidence of its earlier form. The presence of numerous ditches in the south-western corner of the site suggests fairly intensive medieval use, potentially adjacent to an area of settlement, whist the less dense area to the north-east attests agricultural activity during this period. Additional ditches in the post-medieval period form part of the landscaping of the Shortmead House Estate.
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Author:		 R Webb
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Site: Biggleswade North, Furzenhall Road
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: BIGGLESWADE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 519450, 234620 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) KNIFE (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WHETSTONE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WHETSTONE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-371791
OBIB: OAE report 2378
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021