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Land at Richfield Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in January 2020 on Land at Richfield Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire. Eleven trenches were excavated. The evaluation comprised eleven trenches, within which two features producing Roman artefacts, one feature producing post-medieval period artefacts and one undated feature were recorded, along with evidence for probable quarrying. A ditch containing Roman pottery was exposed in the west of the site in Trench 4 and Roman pottery was also recovered from a pit in the east in Trench 10. One other ditch was recorded, which contained post-medieval pottery and CBM along with one sherd of Late Iron Age/Roman pottery in Trench 10, and which correlates with a field ditch identified on the 1872-1883 Ordnance Survey mapping. An undated gully was recorded in Trench 8. Recent, though infilled, quarrying covered an extensive area around the centre of the site. These extraction pits were filled with material containing modern fragments of CBM. An area of modern disturbance was also observed in the west of the site which may also relate to quarrying. In summary, the presence of a single ditch and pit producing Roman artefacts and a ditch producing Late Iron Age/Roman and post-medieval artefacts indicates some limited evidence for past activity of Roman and post-medieval date. However, that the Roman period finds assemblage comprised only five very abraded sherds; suggestive of its migration over some distance and exposure for some time prior to natural deposition. Accordingly, it is considered likely that the Roman pottery is residual and unlikely that it represents evidence for Roman occupation within or adjoining the site. The ditches recorded in Trenches 4, 8 and 10 and the pit recorded in Trench 10, are considered likely to relate to former field boundaries and agricultural activity pre-dating the quarrying. |
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R Brown
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Cotswold Archaeology
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2020
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GULLY
(Monument Type England)
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UNCERTAIN GULLY
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL DITCH
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN PIT
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN DITCH
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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cotswold2-419918 |
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MK0189_1 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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| Created Date: |
09 Aug 2022 |
