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Strip, Map and Record: Aubrey Park Hotel, Hemel Hempstead Road, Redbourn, Hertfordshire |
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KDK Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Between November 2015 and April 2016 KDK Archaeology undertook an archaeological strip, map and sample excavation at Aubrey Park Hotel, Redbourn, Hertfordshire during the demolition of the existing function facilities, followed by the refurbishment and extension of the existing hotel. The site lies in a highly sensitive archaeological area being situated on the Aubrey's Iron Age Hillfort, and also adjacent to a Grade II listed timber framed building (now Aubrey Park Hotel) originally forming part of Foster's Farm which may have had origins as far back as the 13th century. The project exposed a number of rubbish Pits and Post-Holes some of which were thought to have formed a fence line, and a Water Storage Chamber, dating between the early Post-Medieval and modern periods, which were associated with general activity at Fosters Farm and later on when it became a residential dwelling up until the 1970s when it became a hotel. The works also revealed the general stratigraphy of the site consisting of topsoil onto the natural strata with deposits of modern made-ground in close proximity to the hotel rooms, thought to be a direct result of their construction in the 1970s/80s. |
Author: |
Carina Summerfield-Hill
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Publisher: |
KDK Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
St Albans City and District UAD (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Aubrey Park Hotel |
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Herefordshire |
District: |
St Albans |
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REDBOURN |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 509487, 211055 (Easting, Northing)
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kdkarcha1-221667 |
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160/SAA 2.0 |
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37 pages
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Created Date: |
09 Nov 2018 |