Guy, T. and Keir, W. (2019). Land at Bendish Lane, Whitwell, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation, Phase 2. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109888. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Bendish Lane, Whitwell, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation, Phase 2
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Abstract:		 A planning application was submitted to North Hertfordshire District Council in 2016 for a residential development on Land at Bendish Lane, Whitwell, Hertfordshire. A programme of archaeological field evaluation (geophysical survey followed by trial trenching) in support of the application was carried out in early 2016. Permission for the development was granted on appeal in June 2017. In accordance with the recommendation of the Hertfordshire County Council Historic Environment Advisor , a condition (21) of the permission was that a further phase of archaeological evaluation by trial trenching be carried out in the southern part of the site prior to commencement of the development. The second phase of trial trenching took place and comprised the excavation of five 1.8m-wide and 30m-long trenches. Only one of the five trenches contained archaeological features. Trench 23 contained three NE-SW aligned ditches which are likely to be associated with a boundary shown in this vicinity on the 1840 Tithe map; the First Edition 25-inch OS map suggests it had been removed by 1881. The boundary was also identified within Trench 5 of the previous phase of trenching. A colluvial deposit within Trench 21, corresponds with the projected course of a palaeochannel aligned broadly E-W within the centre of the area. This channel may be visible as a natural anomaly on the geophysical survey. Though three small, residual sherds dating to the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age were recovered from the palaeochannel deposits revealed within the previous phase of trenching, no finds were recovered from the deposits within Trench 21. The results of this second phase of trenching indicate that the area does not contain significant archaeological remains that could address regional research objectives. In archaeological terms, the potential impact of the proposed development can, therefore, be assessed as neutral.
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Author:		 T Guy
Wesley Keir
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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District: North Hertfordshire
Country: England
Parish: St Paul's Walden
County: Hertfordshire
Grid Reference: 517878, 221079 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-332551
OBIB: 2019/22
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023