Cook, J., Griffith, G. and Langford, D. (2023). Bidwell West Employment Lands, Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire: Archaeological Excavation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1112519. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Bidwell West Employment Lands, Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire: Archaeological Excavation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The site comprised two areas located in agreement with the CBCAA; an excavation area to the north (Area B) and a programme of strip, map and sample excavation to the south (Area A): • Area A (0.28ha): located to investigate late Iron Age/early Roman field boundaries; and • Area B (0.39ha): located to investigate a series of late Iron Age/early Roman enclosures. From 4 October to 8 November 2021, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological investigation at Bidwell West Employment Site North of Thorn Road, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire. Prior to this excavation, part of the site had been investigated in advance of construction of the A5-M1 Link Road; and the site was therefore investigated in two areas: an excavation area comprising 0.39ha and a strip, map and sample (SMS) excavation area comprising 0.28ha. Predating the Iron Age activity was a small number of discrete early prehistoric pits, one of which contained a worked antler tool and several aurochs bones C14 dated to the very end of the Early Bronze Age (Late 17th – 16th centuries BC). Early Iron Age occupation comprised a large pit cluster, several isolated discrete features, a boundary ditch and possible enclosure. During the Middle Iron Age, a small stock enclosure, three penannular ditches representing roundhouses, and several associated features were established. A large rectilinear enclosure potentially dates to the Late Iron Age; internal features included possible four-post structures and storage pits. The Iron Age pottery assemblage was dominated by domestic wares typical of a rural settlement and indicated that activity at the site probably didn’t begin much before the start of the 6th century BC. Other finds included fragments of an Early Iron Age bow brooch, fired clay, a small fragment of ceramic building material and a Roman stone tessera. Features post-dating the Iron Age comprised elements of a previously identified Roman field system and the remains of medieval to post-medieval ridge-and-furrow cultivation.
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Author:		 J Cook
G Griffith
D Langford
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2023
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County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: Houghton Regis
Country: England
Grid Reference: 499782, 224516 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
LATE IRON AGE RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Tag)
IRON AGE CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Tag)
EARLY IRON AGE PIT CLUSTER (Tag)
LATE IRON AGE STORAGE PIT (Tag)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST BUILT STRUCTURE (Monument Type England)
CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)
STOCK ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monument Type England)
PIT CLUSTER (Monument Type England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE ENCLOSURE (Tag)
LATE IRON AGE POST BUILT STRUCTURE (Tag)
MIDDLE IRON AGE STOCK ENCLOSURE (Tag)
MIDDLE IRON AGE ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Tag)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE BOUNDARY DITCH (Tag)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
STORAGE PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-517437
Report id: MK0598_2
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Created Date:		 15 Aug 2023