Turner, I. and Keir, W. (2014). Sir Frederic Osborn School, Panshanger, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109834. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Sir Frederic Osborn School, Panshanger, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Outline planning permission (N6/2006/923/OP) was granted for a sports hall, all weather sports pitch and associated facilities at Sir Frederic Osborn School in Welwyn Garden City. As the development lies within an area of archaeological sensitivity, a condition (Condition 10) was attached to the planning consent requiring the implementation of a programme of archaeological work. This was in accordance with Policy R29 of the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan (2005). Construction work on the site began without discharge of Condition 10. As a result, the Historic Environment Advisor for Hertfordshire County Council (HEA) advised that all groundworks should cease until a programme of archaeological work had been carried out. In order to confirm the archaeological potential of the site and identify which heritage assets (if any) might have been damaged, the HEA indicated that the first phase of work should include an assessment of the impact of the development so far and a trial trench evaluation of the site. Trial trenching took place on the 20th and 25th June, and comprised the excavation of five trenches located within areas that had suffered least disturbance from construction-related activities. Two flint artefacts dating to between the Mesolithic and early Neolithic periods were recovered from the subsoil within Trench 1. Their location in the subsoil, and a lack of any other contemporary finds or features, suggests that at best they can only be considered to be an indication of activity of these periods in the wider area. The only archaeological feature revealed was a small pit located within Trench 3 which appears to represent the base of a hearth. A very small sherd of abraded pottery suggests it dates to the late Iron Age.
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Author:		 I. Turner
Wesley Keir
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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District: Welwyn Hatfield
Country: England
Parish: Welwyn Hatfield, unparished area
County: Hertfordshire
Grid Reference: 525698, 212959 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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OBIB: Document: 2014/122
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023