Luke, M. and Preece, T. (2017). An early–middle Iron Age settlement on the eastern Chilterns at Butterfield Green, Luton. Bedfordshire Archaeology Volume 27 2017. Vol 27, Bedfordshire Archaeological Council. pp. 69-90.
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An early–middle Iron Age settlement on the eastern Chilterns at Butterfield Green, Luton | ||
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Bedfordshire Archaeology Volume 27 2017 | ||
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Bedfordshire Archaeology | ||
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69 - 90 | ||
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In 2005–2006, Albion Archaeology carried out an open-area excavation in advance of industrial development at Butterfield Green, on the north-eastern fringe of Luton. The earliest evidence for human activity took the form of late Neolithic/early Bronze Age and late Bronze Age artefacts. Parts of an early–middle Iron Age settlement and the fringes of a late Iron Age/early Romano-British settlement were also discovered. This article focuses on the early–middle Iron Age settlement, which extended over 1ha. It comprised two partially enclosed domestic foci, separated by an open area containing a variety of features including small pits, water pits and a four-post structure. One of the domestic foci contained a roundhouse which was unusual in that it had a west-facing doorway. It is clear that the settlement developed over time rather than being a single, planned entity: several of the ditches were re-dug; some original ditches truncated earlier pits; and, quite unusually, a roundhouse was replaced by a large water pit. There is evidence to suggest that at least some of the early–middle Iron Age boundaries continued to function into the late Iron Age/early Romano-British period. A settlement of that date probably lay to the west of the excavation area. | ||
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28 Apr 2023 |
