Hainsworth, V. (2017). The Green, Beeston, Sandy, Bedfordshire; Archaeological Field Evaluation and Heritage Statement. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057615. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Green, Beeston, Sandy, Bedfordshire; Archaeological Field Evaluation and Heritage Statement
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Barford + Co are gathering information in support of an outline planning application for a residential development on land at The Green, Beeston, Bedfordshire. The Central Bedfordshire Council Archaeologist (CBCA) advised that an archaeological trial trench evaluation was to be undertaken in order to obtain the information required to compile a heritage statement that would need to accompany any future planning application. Albion Archaeology was commissioned to carry out the trial trenching, which comprised the excavation of eight 25m x 2m trenches, equating to a 5% sample of the site. Archaeological features were identified in four of the eight trenches, and comprised a set of two parallel ditches, identified in Trenches 1-4, and a ditch and a pit identified in Trench 2. The parallel ditches produced no conclusive dating evidence but their perpendicular alignment to The Green suggests that they are most likely to represent post-medieval, post-enclosure field boundaries. The almost complete absence of cultural material in their fills demonstrates that they were some distance from any focus of human occupation or activity. The pit in Trench 2 pre-dates the parallel ditches. It too produced no cultural material and appears to be an isolated feature - no other pits were found within the trenches. The NW-SE aligned ditch in Trench 2 may relate to a different phase of land division but its date and function remain unclear.
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Author:		 V Hainsworth
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: The Green, Beeston
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: SANDY
Country: England
Grid Reference: 516900, 248200 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-266359
OBIB: 2017/19
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Created Date:		 13 Jan 2020