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Report Title
10 Northbridge Street, Shefford, Beds Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Heritage Network - 2004
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Summary
Summary Site name and address: Land to the rear of 10 Northbridge Street, Shefford, Bedfordshire County: Bedfordshire District: Mid Bedfordshire Village/town: Shefford Parish: Shefford Planning reference: 03/1160 NGR: TL 1438 3920 Client name and address: Lauren Homes Ltd, `Chequers', 28 New Road, Clifton, Shefford, Bedfordshire Nature of work: New Dwellings Present land use: Former Laundry Size of affected area: c.1225m2 Size of area investigated: c.102m2 Site Code: HN454 Other reference: N/a Organisation: Heritage Network Site Director: David Hillelson Type of work: Evaluation Archive location: Bedford Museum Start of work 16th March 2004 Finish of work 26th March 2004 Related SMR Nos.: N/a Periods represented: Med/post-med/modern Previous summaries/reports: N/a Synopsis: In response to an archaeological condition on the planning permission for four new dwellings on land to the rear of 10 Northbridge Street, Shefford, Bedfordshire, the Heritage Network was commissioned by Lauren Homes Ltd to undertake an archaeological evaluation of the site. Four trial trenches were opened across the proposed development area. These demonstrated that the site lay within the flood plain of the rivers Flit and Ivel. All the trenches were waterlogged at the lower levels, and the stratigraphy was indicative of repeated flooding. Despite the presence of Roman activity in the vicinity of the site, no evidence dating to this period was identified in the course of the evaluation. Artefacts dating to the 12th -14th century were found on the site, but their density and the nature of their deposition, suggests that the centre of medieval activity lay outside of the boundaries of the site. A post setting made up from interlaced cattle horn cores and a horse mandible was uncovered on the eastern side of the site. This would have been intended as a good luck charm placed in or near to a building foundation, probably of late post-medieval date. It is likely that the focus of early settlement, as today, lay on higher ground to the north and west of the present site and outside of the flood plain formed by the confluence of the two rivers. 10 Northbridge Street, Shefford Archaeological Evaluation Report-----------------------------
Table of Contents
Summary........................................................................................................................................................Page i Section 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................Page 1 Section 2 Fieldwork......................................................................................................................................................Page 2 Section 3 Discussion.................................................................................................................................................Page 15 Section 4 Bibliography............................................................................................................................................ Page 16 Section 5 Illustrations..............................................................................................................................following Page 16 Acknowledgements6. Illustrations Figure 1............................................................................... Site location Figure 2.............................................................................Trench layout Figure 3...................................................................First machined level Figure 4.............................................................. Second machined level
Headings
HERITAGE NETWORKHERITAGE NETWORK10 NORTHBRIDGE STREET
10 NORTHBRIDGE STREET
10 Northbridge Street, Shefford Archaeological Evaluation Report
Summary
10 Northbridge Street, Shefford Archaeological Evaluation Report
1. Introduction
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2. Fieldwork
TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
METHODOLOGY
Site Stratigraphy
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FINDS CONCORDANCE
ARTEFACT ASSESSMENTS
Pottery
Recommendations
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Ceramic Building Materials
Recommendations
Iron Objects
Recommendations
Daub
Recommendations
Stone
Recommendations
Clay Pipe
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Recommendations
Animal Bone
Recommendations
Oyster Shell
Recommendations
Wood
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Recommendations
Charcoal
Recommendations
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4. Discussion
Conclusions
CONFIDENCE RATING
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5. Bibliography
Figure 6...........................................................................Trench profiles
Site Location
10 Northbridge St. Shefford HN454
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