Howard, A. (2019). Newlands Road, Luton an Archaeological Evaluation and Geotechnical Test Pitting. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1118531. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Newlands Road, Luton an Archaeological Evaluation and Geotechnical Test Pitting
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Abstract:		 The fieldwork comprised the excavation of 15 trenches, which represented a 2.6% sample of the 2.78ha site area. Originally 18 trenches (5%) were stipulated but three trenches in the north-east corner of the site were not excavated (in agreement with the CBCA) due to health and safety concerns regarding the presence of a high-pressure gas main. Indications west of the gas main suggested very low potential in the north of the site. The trenches were excavated in the locations shown on the attached plan (Figures 2a and 2b). Trenches 5 and 6 were moved west and southwest to avoid restricting access to the rest of the sight. Trench 12 was shortened by 3.5m again to avoid site access issues. Trenches 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18 were all moved due to various obstacles on site (including piles of felled trees, dense scrub and large tree stumps). These changes were made with the approval of Hannah Firth (CBCA). Nine test pits were excavated within the foot print of the existing trenches to a maximum depth of 1.2m. Trenches were set out on OS National Grid (NGR) coordinates using Leica GPS and surveyed in accordance with CA Technical Manual 4 Survey Manual. All trenches were excavated by mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless grading bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under constant archaeological supervision to the top of the first significant archaeological horizon or the natural substrate, whichever was encountered first. Where archaeological deposits were encountered they were excavated by hand in accordance with CA Technical Manual 1: Fieldwork Recording Manual. Deposits were assessed for their palaeo-environmental potential in accordance with CA Technical Manual 2: The Taking and Processing of Environmental and Other Samples from Archaeological Sites and no deposits were identified that required sampling. All artefacts recovered were processed in accordance with Technical Manual 3 Treatment of Finds Immediately after Excavation. The archive and artefacts from the evaluation are currently held by CA at their offices in Kemble. Subject to the agreement of the legal landowner will the site archive will be deposited with Luton Culture. A summary of information from this project, set out within Appendix B, will be entered onto the OASIS online database of archaeological projects in Britain. No datable evidence was recovered from the six archaeological ditches present in trenches 12, 13, 17 and 18, and neither did these features appear on historic mapping as far back as 1880. The modern overburden was consistent with the archaeological evaluation immediately to the north of the site, which found a ‘large depth of made ground’ within six trenches, noting that this was ‘presumably from deposition of spoil arising from the construction of the M1’ Despite this modern landscaping in the 1960s the archaeological stratigraphy was largely intact beneath the made ground.
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Author:		 A Howard
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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County: Luton
County: Bedfordshire
Parish: Luton, unparished area
Country: England
District: Luton
Grid Reference: 507857, 219692 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-509076
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Created Date:		 14 Apr 2024