Coyne, J., James, P. and Stone, D. (2014). Land at Bidwell West (Houghton Regis North 2), Central Bedfordshire: An Archaeological Evaluation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1058025. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Bidwell West (Houghton Regis North 2), Central Bedfordshire: An Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1058025
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The earliest evidence for human activity was located on the crest of the chalk scarp in the southern part of the site and dates to the Early Neolithic. This comprised a small pit containing pottery, flint flakes, burnt hazelnut shells and charcoal. At the foot of the scarp there was a more substantial feature cut by a small ditch that provided artefactual evidence for Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age activity. Confirming geophysical survey results, the evaluation demonstrated the presence of an Iron Age and a Roman settlement at the northern edge of the site; beyond the site, these had previously been investigated as part of the evaluation for the A5/M1 Link Road. The site of a second Roman settlement was confirmed just north of Thorn Road, east of Thorn Spring. The remains of a medieval open field system, comprising blocks of parallel furrows on varying alignments, were encountered across the northern and central parts of the site. A sequence of ditches parallel and to the south of Thorn Road, marking the edge of an area of common land, may date from the late medieval period. This open landscape was subsequently enclosed in the post-medieval and modern periods.
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Author:		 J Coyne
P James
D Stone
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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District: Central Bedfordshire
Location - Auto Detected: Thorn Road
Parish: HOUGHTON REGIS
County: Bedfordshire
Site: Land at Bidwell West (Houghton Regis 2)
Country: England
Grid Reference: 500700, 224200 (Easting, Northing)
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Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
modern (Auto Detected Temporal)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
post-medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Early Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
pottery (Auto Detected Subject)
burnt hazelnut shells (Auto Detected Subject)
field system (Auto Detected Subject)
furrows (Auto Detected Subject)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
ditches (Auto Detected Subject)
PIT (Monument Type England)
geophysical survey (Auto Detected Subject)
charcoal (Auto Detected Subject)
flint flakes (Auto Detected Subject)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-317895
OBIB: 14181
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Project archive: https://doi.org/10.5284/1056106
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Created Date:		 13 Jan 2020