Cotswold Archaeology. (2016). Land off Townsend Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire. Cotswold Archaeology.

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Title:		 Land off Townsend Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in June 2016 at land off Townsend Drive, St Albans, Hertfordshire. The fieldwork was undertaken to accompany a planning application for the residential development of the site. The evaluation comprised the excavation of eight trenches. Archaeological interest in the site is derived fron its location c.1.3lm north-east of St Alban's Roman town walls. A recent desk-based assessment conducted by Cotswold Archaeology identified the projected alignment of a Roman road, which passes through the development site, running north-west from the Roman town (Verulamium) towards Colchester. No evidence for archaeological remains associated with the postulated line of the Roman road, which is projected to pass through the site, were identified. Red-brick walls were encountered within the northern and eastern parts of the site (Trenches 2 and 3) which correspond to a building and boundary shown on 20th-century mapping of the site. These structures were demolished in the latter decades of the 20th century. The evaluation recorded a substantial quarry pit, the backfill of which contained late-medieval/post-medieval ceramic building material. The evaluation also identified a ditch containing similar late-medieval/post-medieval ceramic building material. The ditch fits within the general alignment identified for the surrounding field systems depicted on historic and current Ordnance Survey mapping.
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Author:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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District: St Albans
Country: England
County: Hertfordshire
Parish: St Albans, unparished area
Grid Reference: 514688, 208399 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date:		 09 Aug 2022