Ashworth, H. (2010). Heath Sports Club, Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation Report. The Heritage Network. https://doi.org/10.5284/1099725. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Heath Sports Club, Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire: Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Series:		 Heritage Network unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1099725
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Abstract:		 In order to characterise the archaeological potential of the site of a proposed extended tennis court area at Heath Sports Club, Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, the Heritage Network was commissioned by Royston Tennis Club to undertake an archaeological field evaluation. The site lies on the western edge of Royston, on the south side of Baldock Road and on the northern edge of Therfield Heath. Ten HER entries are located within a 500m radius of the site centre. These range in date from the Neolithic to the modern period. Despite the defined archaeological potential of the site, which lies on the northern edge of Therfield Heath, an area known to have attracted activity from the Neolithic period onwards, the four evaluation trenches revealed only slight evidence for activity pre-dating the modern period. The earliest feature on the site comprised an undated ditch on the north side of the existing tennis courts. This had been truncated by later ploughing. Two modern features were also recorded, a large hollow, filled with demolition debris from the World War 2 prisoner of war camp and a linear feature of unknown purpose. Monitoring of the preliminary groundworks noted further modern demolition debris, also assumed to be from the PoW camp.
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Author:		 Helen Ashworth ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 The Heritage Network
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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District: North Hertfordshire
Parish: Therfield
Country: England
County: Hertfordshire
Grid Reference: 534833, 240559 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
PIT (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY PIT (Tag)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: heritage1-80233
OBIB: Report no.615
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Created Date:		 24 Aug 2022