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Land at Lodge Hill, Clapham Road, Bedford: Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
A planning application was made to Bedford Borough Council for the erection of a Health and Racquet Club. The Council's Historic Environment Team, the Local Planning Authority attached a condition to the planning consent requiring a programme of archaeological trial trench evaluation. A total of ten trenches, were opened. The trial-trench evaluation demonstrated that undated archaeological remains are sparsely present within the development site. Two NW-SE aligned ditches were revealed in Trench 8. A single posthole was recorded between the ditches but its function and relationship to the ditches are uncertain. None of the excavated features in Trench 8 produced any environmental or dating evidence. The evaluation works also confirmed the presence of medieval/post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks in the southern field. Furrows were spaced c. 6-7m apart on a NW-SE alignment. Trenches 2, 3, 7 and 9 contained colluvial deposits that had formed at the bottom of the hill as a result of natural down-slope soil movement. In addition, Trench 7 contained a possible palaeochannel or 'pond' feature that was sealed by the colluvial deposits. In summary, the archaeological remains uncovered within the trenches suggest that the site is located away from any focus of past settlement. |
Author: |
Marcin Koziminski
R Wardill
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Land at Lodge Hill, Clapham Road |
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Bedfordshire |
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Bedford |
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BEDFORD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 503900, 251290 (Easting, Northing)
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albionar1-235421 |
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2016/14 |
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Created Date: |
13 Sep 2019 |