Duncan, H., Barker, J., Wells, J. E. and Luke, M. (2019). Houghton Regis North 1, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, Development Areas F1 and F2: Assessment and UPD. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109873. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Houghton Regis North 1, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, Development Areas F1 and F2: Assessment and UPD
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1109873
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Abstract:		 In 2014, Central Bedfordshire Council granted outline planning consent for a housing-led urban extension to the north of Houghton Regis The development areas included open-area excavation .The earliest evidence for activity was late Neolithic/early Bronze Age in date and comprised a ring-ditch monument. In the middle Bronze Age/early Iron Age a field system was established Situated to the south was an area of dispersed burials, post-built structures, pits and postholes. A late Iron Age/early Roman settlement was established; it comprised enclosed and dispersed elements, including enclosures, structures, pits and an urned cremation burial. During the Roman period a settlement was established over the southern part of the excavation area and appeared, to have no association with the earlier settlement. The Roman settlement comprised enclosures laid out on either side of an east-west aligned trackway. The only buildings positively identified within the settlement were roundhouses although the layout of some of the smaller enclosures suggests that these may have served as drainage around rectangular buildings. The remains of two drying ovens used for crop-processing were identified. There are some possibly unusual aspects to the finds assemblage, including a large number of coins, objects with possible military associations and a votive stone carving. The investigated remains and the finds recovered from them have the potential to contribute to a number of local and regional research themes. These relate to the evolution of the landscape through time and the nature of activity both within, and on the periphery, of settlements. In particular, there is potential to contribute to regional themes relating to the character and economic basis of settlement in the late Iron Age and Roman periods. On this basis a a further programme of analysis is proposed, resulting in a final report that will be published as an Albion Monograph.
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Author:		 H Duncan
J Barker
J E Wells
M Luke
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: Houghton Regis
Country: England
Grid Reference: 503478, 225399 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE SPEARHEAD (Tag)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN TRACKWAY (Tag)
ROMAN POND (Tag)
TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
RING DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE CREMATION (Tag)
EXCAVATION (Event)
EARLY IRON AGE CREMATION (Tag)
ROMAN BUCKLE (Tag)
BUCKLE (Object England)
EARLY IRON AGE INHUMATION (Tag)
CREMATION (Monument Type England)
ROMAN ENCLOSURE (Tag)
POND (Monument Type England)
INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
SPEARHEAD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE RING DITCH (Tag)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-290129
OBIB: 2019/76
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023