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Bridewell House, Wyddial Road, Buntingford, Hertfordshire: achaeological evaluation |
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Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out on land at Bridewell House, Wyddial Road, Buntingford, in advance of the construction of a two-storey dwelling, a detached garage and an access road. Four evaluation trenches measuring on average 7.1m long by 1.7m wide were excavated across the 317 sqm site. Located on the edge of the centre of Buntingford, Bridewell House is a timber-framed grade II listed building that was erected in the late 15th century (HER 10074). It was previously the Wagon and Horses Inn, until 1700, and then a local bridewell up to 1843 when it was subdivided into two cottages. The building was renovated in 1939 and an extension was added eleven years later. The archaeological investigation revealed four soil layers overlying an orangey brown silty gravel natural deposit. Two layers noted underneath the existing topsoil and an immediately underlying soil layer appeared to be the original topsoil and a subsoil horizon, which were presumably buried during landscaping works in the past, perhaps when the housing estate around Bridewell House was erected or if the ground level on the site was raised to protect against flooding from the nearby river. No archaeological features and only a few fragments of unstratified, modern brick and animal bone were discovered. |
Author: |
L Miciak
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Publisher: |
Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Locations: |
Site: |
Bridewell House, Wydial Road |
Parish: |
BUNTINGFORD |
District: |
East Hertfordshire |
County: |
Herefordshire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Bridewell House Wyddial Road Buntingford Hertfordshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Bridewell House Wyddial Road Buntingford |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Buntingford Bridewell House |
Grid Reference: 536295, 229705 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Brick Fragment
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
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Late 15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TRIAL TRENCH
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1700 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
essexcou1-147968 |
OBIB: |
2651 |
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Note: |
Blue spine, 17 A4 pages
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |