Boyer, P. (2005). An Assessment of an Archaeological Excavation at the Former Ashbourne Hostels Site, Mangrove Road, Hertford. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103057. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Assessment of an Archaeological Excavation at the Former Ashbourne Hostels Site, Mangrove Road, Hertford
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The site was located at the former Ashbourne Hostels complex, Mangrove Road, Hertford. Excavation revealed a concentration of archaeological features in the southeastern corner of the site. Most of these features were Late Bronze Age in date, though there may have been some continuity into the Early Iron Age. A number of rectangular post-built and trench-built structures were present and it appeared that the site lay at the edge of a Late Bronze Age settlement. One or two possible circular structures were also present. A series of ditches in the same area suggested that some type of water management had also been carried out at the settlement. Numerous pits were also present though the function of these was largely unclear. Close to the main concentration of features two heavily truncated features appeared to be the remains of contemporary cremation burials. Some distance to the west of the main feature concentrations a linear ditch appeared to be a boundary feature associated with contemporary field systems. After the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age no activity was detected until the Roman period, when a north-south aligned field system ditch was excavated across the area of the earlier settlement edge. Following the Roman period there was then another long period of apparent inactivity until the 18th to 19th centuries, when the site was heavily landscaped. Further truncations of earlier deposits continued through the 19th century and into the 20th century, culminating with the building of the Ashbourne Hostels complex.
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Author:		 N Billson
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Year of Publication:		 2005
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County: Hertfordshire
Parish: Hertford
Country: England
District: East Hertfordshire
Grid Reference: 533128, 212009 (Easting, Northing)
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PLOUGH MARKS (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL BRICK (Tag)
ROMAN GULLY (Tag)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
GULLY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
AGGREGATE FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN AGGREGATE FIELD SYSTEM (Tag)
CREMATION CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL PLOUGH MARKS (Tag)
SLAG (Object England)
BRICK (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE AGGREGATE FIELD SYSTEM (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
LATE BRONZE AGE CREMATION CEMETERY (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL SLAG (Tag)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-7297
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Created Date:		 03 Feb 2023