Luke, M. and Preece, T. (2012). Marston Park, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire: Assessment of potential and updated project design. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088291. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Marston Park, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire: Assessment of potential and updated project design
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Albion Archaeology undertook archaeological investigations in advance of housing development on two areas of land adjacent to the Elstow Brook Two areas on opposite sides of the Elstow Brook were subject to archaeological open area excavation. The evidence from these investigations shows that the site was occupied from the early Iron Age through to the later Romano-British period. The early-middle Iron Age evidence comprised two unenclosed settlements: one in Area 1 and another in Area 2. During the middle Iron Age a substantial ditched enclosure was created which contained three, possibly four, roundhouses. This enclosure was expanded during the late pre-Roman Iron Age to comprise two concentric boundary enclosure ditches, a rare settlement type. A 'ladder' enclosure system was established during the late Iron Age/early Roman period, seemingly earlier than at other settlements in the Ouse Valley. After this the settlement appears to have contracted to a sub-oval enclosure defined by a large ditch. Burials were found associated with the late Iron Age and Romano-British settlements. The quantity and type of waterlogged timber recovered from a number of Romano-British water pits was quite unusual for a rural settlement in this period. Saxon activity comprised evidence for sunken-featured buildings and post-built structures. By the medieval period there werreopen fields of and the land continued to be arable fields up to the excavation. The end product will be the publication of the results in a monograph.
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Author:		 M Luke
T Preece
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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:		 2012
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Site: Land at Marston Park
County: Bedfordshire
District: Central Bedfordshire
Parish: MARSTON MORETAINE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 500010, 241700 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) LOOMWEIGHT (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) LOOMWEIGHT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MILL STONE (Find)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) QUERN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHOES (Find)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) WEAVING COMB (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) CREMATIONS (Monus)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FURROWS (Monus)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Monus)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monus)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monus)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) THRESHING FLOOR (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-77820
OBIB: 2012/43
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021