Brown, J. T T. (2012). Archaeological excavations at Sacombe Road, Bengeo, Hertfordshire, May 2011. Northamptonshire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1104313. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological excavations at Sacombe Road, Bengeo, Hertfordshire, May 2011
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Series:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Two adjacent areas, totalling 0.5ha, were excavated by Northamptonshire Archaeology. A group of at least thirteen pits ranged from 2.4m to over 5.0m deep. Two were fully excavated, while the depth of the others was established by auger. Some residual Beaker pottery, of the early Bronze Age, was recovered from one of these pits, whilst others produced small quantities of late Bronze Age pottery and worked flint. Other shallower pits and truncated ditches are undated, but may have been contemporary parts of a late Bronze Age field system. A more substantial ditch formed the north side of an enclosure, with remnants of an external gravel bank. Charcoal from an upper fill of dense fire-cracked stone has given a radiocarbon date in the late Bronze Age, 1120-930 cal BC (2 sigma). The linear boundary ditches that extent to the east are dated by pottery to the late 1st and 2nd centuries AD. One of these was cut by a curvilinear gully, perhaps enclosing a roundhouse. Quantities of Roman pottery and tile were also recovered from the surfaces of the Bronze Age pit fills, indicating the survival of earthwork hollows or subsidence above many of the pits. It is also suggested that the late Bronze Age ditch and bank may have survived as an earthwork into the Roman period. A shallow pit containing burnt debris, comprising carbonised oak logs and some burnt hazelnut shells has been radiocarbon dated to the middle to late Saxon period, 770-900 cal AD (2 sigma).
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Author:		 J T T Brown
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Publisher:		 Northamptonshire Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Parish: Hertford
Country: England
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire
Grid Reference: 532198, 214139 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: northamp3-160889
OBIB: 12/21
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Created Date:		 10 Mar 2023