Data from a Blank Area Testing at Manthorn Farm and Land Parcels AC250, Buckinghamshire, 2020-2021 (HS2 Phase One)
INFRA Archaeology, High Speed Two Ltd., 2023.
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 4330
Introduction
This collection comprises of...
Project Summary
The investigation and assessment of No-Data (blank) Area land parcels between Quainton and Brackley in Buckinghamshire sought to identify the potential for evidence of significant early prehistoric and early medieval material which may be preserved within the disturbed topsoil/ploughsoil horizon with the view that significant clusters of such material, if present, may serve as a proxy to discover ephemeral and otherwise hard-to detect evidence from these periods. The specific HERDS objectives for AC250 are listed below:
- KC5: Identifying settlement location and developing models for settlement patterns for the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
- KC11: Does the high density of prehistoric settlement evidence in the Colne Valley reflect a genuine focus of activity or does it reflect a bias in the archaeological record?
- KC30: Identify the location and form of Early and Middle Saxon settlement and investigate evidence for land use in the period.
- KC31: Identify the location of Middle to Late Saxon settlement, explore processes of settlement nucleation and understand the development of associated field types and agricultural regimes.
- KC40 Identify patterns of change within Medieval rural settlement from the 11th to mid-14th century.
Re-Use Value Statement
The data collected from AC250 Blank Area Testing suggests there no potential for earlier prehistoric or early medieval settlement to be present in the locations where the test pitting was undertaken, based on the current understanding of the results.
This data could be used to aid the identification of and subsequent changes in industrial, agricultural, and settlement patterns throughout the area.
