Pilkinton, K. and Oetgen, J. (2014). Bedford College LLDD Centre, St Mary's Street, Bedford: Archaeological Field Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1055218. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Bedford College LLDD Centre, St Mary's Street, Bedford: Archaeological Field Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Bedford College has applied for planning permission to build a centre for Learners with Learning Disabilities and Difficulties (LLDD) on land at the St Mary's Street frontage of the Bedford College campus. Albion Archaeology was commissioned by the college to undertake a programme of archaeological field evaluation. A single trial trench 7m long by 3.2m wide excavated near the south end of the proposed development area. Beneath the existing car park surface and make-up (c. 0.3m thick) were the remains of buildings demolished in the 1970s. A single stone hearth was recorded in section, 0.8m below the existing ground level. At the base of the trench, c. 1.2m below ground, features cut into undisturbed subsoil comprised a substantial ditch, pits, and post-holes. All the pottery recovered was late Saxon or medieval in date, with the bulk of the assemblage being the earlier, late Saxon wares. The lack of post-medieval or later pottery suggests that, apart from the foundations of the buildings demolished c. 1970, this part of the PDA has suffered little from post-Industrial intrusions. The ceramic building material assemblage indicates a high potential for the survival of building remains dating from the later medieval and early post-medieval periods. Any 19th- and 20th-century cellars are likely to have been small. An engineering test pit for infiltration testing was also excavated at a location c. 7m west of the PDA. This was 2m long by 0.7m wide and 2.2m deep, so recording was constrained by safety requirements. No structures or cut features were observed and the sequence of deposits comprised demolition spreads containing late medieval and early post-medieval ceramic building material.
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Author:		 K Pilkinton
J Oetgen
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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:		 2014
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Site: Bedford College LLDD
County: Bedfordshire
District: Bedford
Parish: BEDFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 505076, 249427 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) KNIFE (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) HEARTH (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TEST PIT (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
BUILDING (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-181924
OBIB: 2014/126
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2019