Gregson, R. and Keir, W. (2015). Land off High Street and Lodge Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Excavation, Recording, Analysis and Publication. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088217. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off High Street and Lodge Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire: Archaeological Excavation, Recording, Analysis and Publication
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Planning permission was granted for housing development on land off High Street and Lodge Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire. The archaeological excavation was carried out in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation approved by the Central Bedfordshire Council Archaeologist (CBCA). The earliest archaeological features revealed during the investigations were a cluster of middle to late Iron Age features and a quarry pit . The quarry pit was truncated by one of two NW-SE aligned ditches that appear to define a late Iron Age / early Roman trackway. This trackway is likely to be a continuation of a trackway previously identified c. 140m to the south-east (Albion Archaeology 2011). Three medieval / post-medieval cultivation furrows (G4) truncated one of the trackway ditches. Truncating several of the earlier features were modern features including drains that were probably associated with the two nearby dwellings built in the first half of the 20th century and a line of postholes that followed one of the dwelling's property boundaries. The few middle to late Iron Age features demonstrate that there was some, probably low-level, settlement-related activity in the area during the period. Evidence of late Iron Age / Roman activity was confined to the ditches demarcating the trackway, suggesting the area is peripheral to any settlement activity of the period, though it could well have linked any such settlements in the wider vicinity. It is interesting to note that the possible trackway had a similar orientation to the nearby Lodge Road, which may be coincidental or may denote some degree of continuity in the landscape that survives to the present day.
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Author:		 R Gregson
Wesley Keir
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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:		 2015
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Site: Land off High Street and Lodge Road
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: CRANFIELD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 494980, 241560 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT CORE (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FURROWS (Monus)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) GULLY (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) QUARRY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-176658
OBIB: 2015/162
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021