| Title: |
Leighton Buzzard Flood Alleviation Scheme, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Field Evaluation |
| Series: |
Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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| Number of Pages: |
63 |
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| Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
The trial trenching demonstrated that a complex of enclosures identified by geophysical survey in the Eastern Arm, on the north bank of the Clipstone Brook, represented an enclosed rural settlement of the late Iron Age and Roman periods. Remains were generally well preserved beneath a deep layer of overburden. The sample excavation produced a significant artefact assemblage and demonstrated the potential for the recovery of ecofactual evidence. Other evidence of activity in the Roman period consisted of a single ditch which contained pottery and animal bone. Other features found across the study area consisted of furrows and earthworks formed by medieval strip cultivation and a number of narrow ditches. These ditches contained few dateable artefacts and no relationships to the furrows could be determined. However, in plan, they appeared to respect the pattern of the medieval field system, with the ditches running parallel to furrows or along headlands. One possible enclosure formed by these ditches lied on the same axis as adjacent furrows. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Mark Phillips
J Mordue
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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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| Locations: |
| Site: |
Leighton Buzzard Flood Alleviation Scheme |
| County: |
Bedfordshire |
| District: |
Central Bedfordshire |
| Parish: |
EGGINGTON |
| Country: |
England |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Clipstone Brook |
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Grid Reference: 494880, 226870 (Easting, Northing)
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| OASIS Id: |
albionar1-18222 |
| OBIB: |
2006/95 |
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| Note: |
Comb Bound report, cream cover
Note from AIP record:
Date Of Issue From:
2006
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LEIGHTON BUZZARD FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: South Bedfordshire
Monument: [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Iron Age, DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), ENCLOSURE. Iron Age, FIELD SYSTEM. Medieval (1066-1540), RIDGE AND FURROW. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: SP94882687
Parish: Eggington
Postcode: LU7 9NZ
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| Created Date: |
30 Aug 2017 |
