Thorpe, R. and Wells, J. (2003). Land Adjacent to No68, The High Street, Harrold, Bedfordshire. Archaeological Field Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1002757. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land Adjacent to No68, The High Street, Harrold, Bedfordshire. Archaeological Field Evaluation
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The evaluation consisted of the excavation of three trial trenches to determine the date, character and extent of any archaeological remains. The trenches were laid out in accordance with a trench location plan, agreed with the Assistant County Archaeological Officer. No archaeological evidence of human occupation, preceding the 11th century AD, was encountered during the evaluation, other than residual sherds of Roman and Iron Age pottery from Trench 1. The proximity, however, of late Iron Age/Roman industrial features and possible settlement evidence some 4m to the north of the evaluated land, within the Bridgeman Joinery site, implies that features of this date may lie at the northern extent of the study area. Medieval evidence was concentrated in the south of the study area in Trench 1, in the form of an infilled ditch cutting a buried cultivation soil which had infilled a relict stream channel. The infilling and disuse of the ditch dated to between the 11th century and the early 13th century AD, while the buried cultivation soils can be viewed as being somewhat earlier in date (possibly late Saxon). They probably represent headland deposits generated by the turning of the plough at the end of a furrow to the west of the stream. The archaeological remains within the study area may contribute to addressing issues of changing land-use and settlement pattern between the late Saxon and early medieval period. The medieval feature, by virtue of its relationship to the infilled stream, represents archaeological deposits of regional importance and significance.
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Author:		 R Thorpe
J Wells
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Bedford Borough HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2003
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Site: Land adjacent to 68 High Street, Harrold
Parish: HARROLD
District: Bedford
County: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 495180, 256880 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-22748
OBIB: 2003/24
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016