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Title:

Desk-Based Assessment: Rear of Icknield Way, Baldock, Hertfordshire

Series:

Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1099949

Publication Type:

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Abstract:

In March 2010 Archaeological Services and Consultancy carried out an archaeological desk-based assessment of a site to the rear of Icknield Way, Baldock Hertfordshire to inform development proposals for the site. The site, which is located between the railway line, Norton Road and buildings fronting the Icknield Way, contains two 20th century industrial units, only one of which is still operational. The site is south of the Ivel springs, which was clearly a significant feature in the Neolithic landscape as a cursus terminates at this point. This was only a small part of a larger ritual landscape with round barrows dotted to north and south of the site and extending along the Icknield Way in both directions. Iron Age ditches and pottery have also been discovered close to the springs. The focus of activity shifted initially to the Arbury Bank hillfort, 5km to the east of the town, then to the oppidum which later became a Roman small town. The development site is peripheral to the Roman and medieval towns, and was actually located just within the parish of Norton until the late 19th century. It was initially part of a larger plot of land on which a house was built in the late 19th century. In the early 20th century the gasworks took over the eastern part of the site for a gasometer and various permutations of gasworks and industrial buildings ensued. The significance of the location is tempered by the 19th and 20th century development of the site. The construction of the railway embankment would have had a significant impact on any surviving archaeological remains, which would have suffered further during the time the land was in the hands of the gasworks.

Author:

Karin Semmelmann

Publisher:

ASC Ltd

Year of Publication:

2010

Locations:

District:	North Hertfordshire
Country:	England
Parish:	North Hertfordshire, unparished area
County:	Hertfordshire

Grid Reference: 524167, 234102 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)

FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)

DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)

DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)

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OASIS Id:	archaeol2-73566
OBIB:	ASC: 1277/BIW

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24 Aug 2022