Brown, J. (2010). A possible Roman vineyard on land off Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1021620. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A possible Roman vineyard on land off Tavistock Avenue, Ampthill, Bedfordshire
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Series:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1021620
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Open area excavation in 2010 by Northamptonshire Archaeology examined extensive archaeological features left behind by Roman plantation agriculture, possibly a vineyard. Initially there was small scale planting on the upper slope of a small stream valley and the larger area was divided by ditches, with open ground between. Subsequent reorganisation brought the whole of the area under plantation using the earlier boundaries to define planting groups, although the boundaries themselves were disused. Numerous parallel cultivation rows were laid out, probably for growing soft fruit, grapes or hops. The pottery was extremely abraded and in poor condition, often with cessy accretions gained from manure and had probably originated from a domestic settlement nearby that was occupied from the late Iron Age to the Roman 2nd century AD. The manure was perhaps sourced from middens and turned over into pre-prepared bedding trenches. The plantation probably failed within the first half of the 2nd century, as it showed no evidence for late 2nd-century developments and was abandoned.
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Author:		 J Brown
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Publisher:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Tavistock Avenue
Parish: AMPTHILL
District: Central Bedfordshire
County: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Tavistock Avenue Ampthill Bedfordshire Open
Grid Reference: 502800, 236870 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Horticultural Rows (Monus)
2nd Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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2010 (Auto Detected Temporal)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: northamp3-154146
OBIB: 10/132
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Note:		 A4, blue spine, heat bound, clear covers
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016