Brown, J. (2015). An interim statement of archaeological mitigation and post-excavation programme for the A5-M1 Link Road, Central Bedfordshire, February-July 2015. Northampton: MOLA Northampton. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050577. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	An interim statement of archaeological mitigation and post-excavation programme for the A5-M1 Link Road, Central Bedfordshire, February-July 2015
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1050577
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Archaeological features and deposits were excavated along the route of the A5-M1 Link Road, Central Bedfordshire. Mitigation techniques included general and targeted archaeological watching briefs, with more detailed open area hand excavation, topographic surveys and historic building recording in areas of high impact. Prehistoric worked flint was recovered. Pit groups produced flint tempered pottery, likely to be of Bronze Age date. A middle Iron Age pit alignment was investigated on the south side of Thorn Road, and a further pit alignment was investigated at Grove Farm. Iron Age evidence was widespread, with middle to late Iron Age sites also located at Chalton Cross Farm and Thorn Farm. The latter was an extensive enclosed farmstead with roundhouses and post-built structures, which was clearly abandoned before Roman cultural material entered common circulation. The farmstead was surrounded by a network of contemporary ditches that formed field systems with pit clusters. A late Iron Age to early Roman settlement was located on a hilltop at M1 Junction 11a, which comprised a series of interconnecting enclosures with trackways between them. A small cremation cemetery was found by detailed excavation at Luton Road, Chalton. Anglo-Saxon artefacts including pottery and a decorated bone comb were recovered at Luton Road, Chalton. Funerary evidence at M1 Junction 11a comprised an inhumation cemetery with grave goods, pyre debris and un-urned cremation burials. Late Saxon and Saxo-Norman occupation was excavated to the north of Thorn Spring medieval moated manor, including a timber-framed building and enclosures that were abandoned in the 12th century. Medieval occupation was also found at Luton Road, Chalton, where an isolated building stood between the 12th-14th centuries.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	J Brown
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	MOLA Northampton
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2015
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: A5-M1 Link Road, Chalton to Houghton Regis County: Bedfordshire District: Central Bedfordshire Parish: HOUGHTON REGIS Country: England Grid Reference: 499590, 224350 (Easting, Northing) Grid Reference: 503830, 225870 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CEMETERY (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CEMETERY (Monument Type England) 20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) MOTORWAY BRIDGES (Monus) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England) MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England) TEST PIT (Event) WATCHING BRIEF (Event) EXCAVATION (Event)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: molanort1-219183 OBIB: 15/134
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	31 Jan 2019

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