Phillips, D. (2016). CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, Whipsnade, Bedfordshire. Heritage Network. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084633. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, Whipsnade, Bedfordshire
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Series:		 Heritage Network unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1084633
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In response to a planning condition on the construction of an extension to the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, the Heritage Network was commissioned by Whipsnade PCC to undertake a programme of archaeological investigation on the groundworks for the new development and on the creation of a new opening for a doorway through the south wall of the nave. The recorded stratigraphy was consistent across the site, comprising dark grey topsoil above pale brown subsoil. The underlying natural clay was encountered close to the church, at a depth of 0.5m below the present ground level, but was not encountered elsewhere on the site. Apart from a single articulated skeleton, revealed during the excavation of Soakaway 2, and fragments of disarticulated human bone, no archaeological features, deposits or finds were encountered during the course of the groundworks on the present site. Examination of the skeleton suggested that the individual was a male, aged between 20 and 40. All human bone was handed to the vicar for reburial in the churchyard. Evidence for the partial survival of part of the wall to the medieval church was encountered during the present project. It was exposed during the creation of a new opening at the western end of the south wall, where it stood to a maximum height of 1.3m. It was also encountered in a footings trench to the east of the new opening, at approximately 0.50m below ground level. The south wall was apparently rebuilt in brick in the 18th century, using the earlier wall as a base.
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Author:		 D Phillips
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Publisher:		 Heritage Network
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Church of St. Mary Magdalene
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: WHIPSNADE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 501163, 217950 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) STONE (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WOOD (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) SKELETON (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: heritage1-240255
OBIB: Report no.1038
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Note:		 A4 booklet, green cover, comb bound, 14 text pages, 6 figures, 20 plates
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Created Date:		 16 Feb 2021