Keir, W. (2006). Fountain Pipe Trench, Wrest Park Gardens, Silsoe, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Watching Brief. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1011867. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Fountain Pipe Trench, Wrest Park Gardens, Silsoe, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Albion Archaeology undertook an archaeological watching brief on behalf of English Heritage. The work was occasioned by the laying of a replacement pipeline to supply the fountain within the grounds of Wrest Park Gardens. This involved the digging of a trench along the course of the existing pipeline. Within the pipe trench, demolition layers and a brick culvert were revealed. These were located in the area of the earlier house, as marked on 18th century maps, and the location of the culvert matched that of a previously mapped parch mark that has been tied in with plans of the previous house. A brick cistern or possible ice house was also revealed and is likely to be contemporary with the earlier house. The existing pipeline was likely to be associated with the supply of garden features dating from the late 18th and 19th centuries. The Watching Brief has increased our knowledge of features associated with the earlier development of Wrest Park. It has also demonstrated the significant potential for the survival of buried archaeological features that may provide evidence for the historical development of the gardens.
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Author:		 Wesley Keir
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Site: Wrest Park, Silsoe
Parish: SILSOE
District: Central Bedfordshire
County: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 509060, 235400 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Brick Cistern (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Brick Culvert (Monus)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
CULVERT (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-16598
OBIB: 2006/76
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016