Carroll, B. and Williams, A. (2020). Howard Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Archaeological Field Evaluation. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088285. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Howard Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Archaeological Field Evaluation
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Pre-application advice from Bedford Borough Council for a development compriseing of 15 additional residential units. Albion Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an evaluation of a single trial trench was excavated to rear of the standing building and near the east end of the proposed development area. Beneath the existing car park surface and make-up were the remains of buildings demolished in the 1970s. The foundations of these 19th- to 20th-century buildings cut down into relatively thick deposits of garden soil, containing pottery dating to the 10th-11th century onwards. At the southern base of the trench, undisturbed geological deposits were revealed As the site is situated within the postulated north burh of the town, Saxo-Norman finds recovered from the garden soil are likely to relate to the urban settlement of Bedford It also appears from the evidence of this trial trench that the 19th- and 20th-century buildings did not have large cellars. This suggests that, apart from the foundations of the buildings demolished c.1970, this part of the areaas suffered little from post-Industrial intrusions. The evaluation has demonstrated that the area could potentially retain moderately well-preserved archaeological remains of urban settlement activity from the late Saxon-early medieval period onwards due to the limited impact from later building foundations. If so they would they will have potential to address regional research objectives. Later medieval and post-medieval remains will have been more prone to truncation by 19th- and 20th-century structures (being closer to the surface) and any surviving remains are likely to be of local to regional significance. The heritage value of the remains of 19th- and 20th-century buildings has largely been lost, due to their demolition in the 1970s and would only be of local significance depending upon their preservation.
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Author:		 B Carroll
A Williams
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Bedford Borough HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Site: 8-10 Howard Street
County: Bedfordshire
District: Bedford
Parish: BEDFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 505090, 249950 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
BUILDING (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-399086
OBIB: 2020/76
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021