Ingham, D., Duncan, H. and Wells, J. (2012). Bedford Academy, Mile Road, Bedford: Archaeological Area Excavation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1055469. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Bedford Academy, Mile Road, Bedford: Archaeological Area Excavation
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1055469
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Abstract:		 Bedford Academy was granted planning permission to demolish its existing academy building and construct a new one, together with an all-weather sports pitch and associated parking and landscaping. As the academy lies in the archaeologically rich Great Ouse valley, in an area of known activity from the late Neolithic through to the Saxon period, a condition was attached to planning consent requiring archaeological investigation of the affected area. Albion Archaeology was commissioned to carry out the programme of archaeological fieldwork a trial-trench evaluation which led to an open-area excavation. The 2011 excavation at Bedford Academy revealed part of a late Iron Age to early Roman agricultural settlement, overlying the fragmentary remains of prehistoric fields and late Neolithic activity. The excavated part of the settlement seems to have related primarily to the management of livestock, with a complex system of interconnecting enclosures that were reworked on several occasions. Few signs of human habitation were found, with no buildings conclusively identified, suggesting that the domestic part of the settlement lay elsewhere. There is no indication that the settlement continued in use beyond the early 2nd century AD, although the site was re-used for small-scale settlement in the early Saxon period. Evidence of post-Saxon activity was limited to medieval ridge-and-furrow cultivation, prior to the 20th century.
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Author:		 D Ingham
H Duncan
J Wells
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: Bedford Academy, Mile Road
County: Bedfordshire
District: Bedford
Parish: BEDFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 506177, 247715 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINTS (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HAMMERSCALE (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) LOOMWEIGHT (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) LOOMWEIGHT (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PRUNING HOOK (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SPINDLE WHORL (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FURROWS (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FURROWS (Monus)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-100648
OBIB: 2012/177
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2019