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Land at Pollards Way/ Priors Hill, Pirton, Hertfordshire: trial trench evaluation |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Between March and April 2015, Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) undertook an archaeological trial trench evaluation at Pollards Way/ Priors Hill, Pirton, Hertfordshire. The evaluation was undertaken prior to the determination of a planning application for residential development and was preceded by a geophysical survey, also conducted by AS. The geophysical survey identified a number of anomalies of potential archaeological origin including a circular enclosure, a possible sub-circular feature and evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation. The trial trench evaluation identified a number of features, predominantly of Anglo-Saxon date. These included concentrations of postholes within Trenches 1, 2 and 19, a cluster of pits within the central area of Trench 19 and the inhumation burial of an adult male, also in Trench 19. Radiocarbon dating of the human remains produced a calibrated date range of 775-970 cal AD (95.4%) at 95.4% confidence. A discrete pit in Trench 6 contained a cattle burial; radiocarbon dating of the cattle bone produced a calibrated date range of 1384-1341 cal BC (10.7%) and 1308-1127 cal BC (84.7%) at 95.4% confidence. Discrete Anglo-Saxon features were also encountered, as were furrows associated with medieval ridge and furrow cultivation. Overall, there was a reasonable correlation between the excavated features and anomalies identified by the geophysical survey. |
Author: |
K Bull
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Land at Pollards Way/ Priors Hill |
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Herefordshire |
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North Hertfordshire |
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PIRTON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 514340, 231710 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-274026 |
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Archaeological Solutions Report No. 4821 |
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12 Feb 2018 |