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Land at 13-21 Olney Road, Lavendon, Milton Keynes - Archaeological Mitigation |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The mitigation work was undertaken in this historic north Buckinghamshire village. There were a series of early features, comprising a sequence of ditches orientated roughly north-south in the centre of the site and a number of pits. Dug into the infilled ditches were the pitched limestone footings of the south-west corner of a building. This building had a contrasting alignment to the later cottages, and so is unlikely to be an associated outbuilding. Systematic demolition of this building had removed all above ground traces of the walls. Demolition material from this building was used to level this area, possibly to create an external yard. A stone-lined drain and a possibly associated soakaway were dug through this surface. Traces of a worn limestone surface indicate the presence of an external yard, possibly dating to the 17th-18th century on the basis of associated pottery. A series of substantial footings were dug parallel to the street frontage, defining a roughly rectangular building, with possibly three rooms. Subsequently, a row of cottages occupied the site, originally three, later merging to two. They survived until demolition in the 1950s. |
Author: |
C Clarke
G Edmondson
J Wells
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Milton Keynes SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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Locations: |
Site: |
13/21 Olney Road, Lavendon |
Parish: |
LAVENDON |
District: |
Milton Keynes |
County: |
Buckinghamshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 491640, 253510 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
albionar1-27813 |
OBIB: |
2007/48 |
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Note: |
A4 comb bound report
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |