Coyne, J. and Hewson, M. (2020). Land at Church Farm, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation. Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1098534. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Church Farm, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation
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Abstract:		 Between 12th May and 5th June 2020, Cotswold Archaeology carried out an archaeological evaluation of land at Church Farm, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. A total of 79 trenches were excavated in the first instance, with a further 28 trenches to be excavated as a second phase of work. Trial trenching revealed elements of a probable rural agricultural landscape that appear to have their origins in the Roman period. No evidence of activity or finds which could be ascribed to any period pre-dating the Roman period were recorded anywhere within the site. Roman period remains were recorded in four trenches (12 and 62 - 64) at the northern end of the site, and in Trench 13 further to the south, where a single ditch might tentatively be ascribed a Roman date. The evidence strongly suggests that activity on the site represents the remains of extensive (rather than intensive) agricultural activity dating between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. Whilst datable remains are focused tightly in the north, it is likely that much of the undated evidence of ditches and gullies comprises the remains of former field boundaries and drainage ditches / gullies associated with this activity. Given the quite substantial and contemporary Romano-British settlement just west / north-west of the site is reasonable to expect that the site comprised an element of its wider agricultural hinterland. It is therefore also unlikely that settlement extended eastwards into the site. A number of furrows were also recorded, which were widely dispersed across the site and are evident in the results of a preceding geophysical survey. Whilst no finds were recovered from any excavated examples, and on that basis they are 'undated', the morphology of surviving ridge and furrow earthworks in part of the site and below ground furrow bases suggests an origin in the medieval period and perhaps a continuity of use into the postmedieval period.
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Author:		 J Coyne
M Hewson
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Created Date:		 09 Aug 2022