Cotswold Archaeology (2014). Berkhamsted Police Station, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: archaeological evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034732. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Berkhamsted Police Station, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: archaeological evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in November 2014 at the site of the former Berkhamsted Police Station, Hertfordshire. The site is located within an area of former burgage plots. Previous archaeological investigations carried out within surrounding burgage plots revealed features indicative of medieval occupation, including pits, post-holes and metal-working remains. The present evaluation recorded rectangular pits containing 12th-15th century pottery. The presence of pottery, metal-working slag, charcoal and cereal grains within the pit fills indicates that they were used for the disposal of domestic and industrial waste. Relatively large quantities of residual prehistoric worked flints were also recovered from the medieval pit fills, which might suggest that the pits were cut through in situ prehistoric features or deposits. The site has undergone horizontal truncation to the level of the natural geological substrate, so that the cut archaeological features were sealed directly by modern deposits. The evaluation indicated that the medieval features at the site survive at an average depth of 0.4m - 0.6m below the current ground surface.
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Author:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Berkhamsted Police Station, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
County: Herefordshire
District: Dacorum
Parish: BERKHAMSTED
Country: England
Grid Reference: 499110, 207800 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CEREAL GRAINS (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) METAL WORKING SITE (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-215351
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018