| Title: |
Brocket Hall, Welwyn-Hatfield District, Hertfordshire. Results of Archaological Field Evaluation and Watching Brief. |
| Number of Pages: |
37 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A programme of pre-construction field evaluation was carried out across the site of the proposed Palmerston Golf Course at Brocket Hall in order to fulfil a condition upon planning permission. Nineteen trial trenches of between 25m and 50m in length, and 1.6m to 1.8m wide were excavated. Evidence was recovered to indicate human exploitation of the landscape from the Neolithic to the present day. Two sites of particular interest were highlighted. Site 1 lay in the central northern part of the developement and trenches excavated in this area contained pits, post holes and ditches indicating a settlement. Pottery and other finds were also recovered and together these suggested a date range for occupation spanning the early to late Iron Age (c. 800BC to AD43). Site 2 lay some 500m to the south and excavated trenches contained a similer range of archaeological features, again indicating settlement. The pottery recovered, however, suggested a Roman date of between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. The identification of the sites during field evaluation enabled some details of the course design to be amended to protect the archaeological remains. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
N Shepherd
Mark Phillips
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| Publisher: |
Bedfordshire County Council, Planning Department Conservation and Archaeology Section
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Brocket Hall |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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LATE IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 3rd Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: BROCKET HALL, WELWYN-HATFIELD DISTRICT
Study area: 99.6ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Welwyn Hatfield
Monument: PIT. Roman (AD43-410), POST HOLE. Late Iron Age, POST HOLE. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Iron Age, DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Early Iron Age, PIT. Iron Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), POST HOLE. Undated, [finds]. Early Iron Age, [finds]. Iron Age, [finds].
Ngr: TL21501350
Parish: Hatfield
Postcode: AL8 7XH
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
