Excavation Report. Late Iron Age to Early Roman Settlement at Stratton Farm to Newspring Farm, Biggleswade. Excavation Report. Client: Anglian Water

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1 Late Iron Age to Early Roman Settlement at Stratton Farm to Newspring Farm, Biggleswade Excavation Report Excavation Report July 2017 Client: Anglian Water OA East Report No: 1959 OASIS No: oxfordar NGR: TL to TL

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83 Notes:

84 Site Site 0 50 km Scale 1:3,000, km Scale 1:250, A1 BIGGLESWADE Area N Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area Sutton Lane A Watching Brief Edworth Road m Scale 1:20,000

85 east east east N EBD Area EBD672 EBD669 Area EBD671 Area 3 EBD Area Area Excavation areas Monuments Events Cropmarks m Scale 1: Figure 2: HER data Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

86 east east east N AREA 1 N AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA Watching brief area AREA 5 AREA EBD672 EBD669 AREA EBD671 AREA 3 EBD AREA 4 Watching brief area 0 500m Scale 1:20, AREA 5 Monuments Events Cropmarks 0 250m Scale 1:2500 Figure 3: All area plan Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

87 east east east N N AREA 1 AREA AREA S.113 AREA AREA 5 S Cremation S AREA m Scale 1:7500 Trackway S Limit of excavation Projected feature Section Cut number Late Iron Age / Early Roman Unphased 0 25m 344 Scale 1:250 Figure 4: Area 1 Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

88 east east east N S Limit of excavation Projected feature Section Cut number Late Iron Age / Early Roman Post-Medieval AREA N AREA S S.119 Watering hole S.120 AREA 2 AREA Structure AREA 4 AREA m Scale 1: m Scale 1:250 Figure 5: Area 2 Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

89 east east east S Limit of excavation Projected feature Section Cut number Late Iron Age / Early Roman Post-Medieval Unphased Structure S Pit Group Structure 6 S N S S S.88 Enclosure 1 AREA S Structure S Structure N AREA 1 S S AREA AREA S Structure 2 AREA Structure 3 AREA S m Scale 1: m Scale 1:7500 Figure 6: Area 3 Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

90 Oxford Archaeology East Report Number Limit of excavation Projected feature S.1 Section 118 Cut number Late Iron Age / Early Roman Post-Medieval Unphased Enclosure S.18 AREA AREA AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA AREA m 0 50m Scale 1:7500 Scale 1:500 Figure 7: Area 4 N N east east east

91 east east east S Limit of excavation Projected feature Section Cut number Late Iron Age / Early Roman Post-Medieval Unphased N 106 AREA S.25 N 120 AREA AREA 2 AREA 3 39 AREA 4 41 AREA m Scale 1: m Scale 1:7500 Figure 8: Area 5 Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1600

92 east east east N N AREA 1 AREA 2 AREA 3 AREA 4 AREA 5 Watching brief area S S Limit of excavation Section Cut number Late Iron Age / Early Roman Watching brief area 0 500m Scale 1:20, m Scale 1:250 Figure 9: Watching brief area Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

93 east east east AREA 1 Section 113 NW SE 44.25m OD Section 122 W E 44.48m OD Section 127 SW NE 44.47m OD Scale 1:20 1m AREA 2 Section 121 W E 44.23m OD Section 119 N S 44.23m OD Section 120 E W 45.43m OD Scale 1:40 2m AREA 3 Section 49 SE NW 45.40m OD Section 53 E W 46.01m OD Section 55 W E 46.01m OD Section 58 S 132 N 45.52m OD Section 73 SW NE 46.73m OD Cut Deposit horizon Top of surface/natural Limit of excavation Natural deposit Stone Bone Fired clay Burnt bone Pottery Cut number Deposit number 18.45m OD Ordnance datum Section 59 W E 46.25m OD Section 68 SW NE 46.21m OD Scale 1:20 1m Figure 10a: Selected sections Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

94 east east east AREA 3 Section 62 S N 46.59m OD Section 88 SE NW 46.62m OD Section 66 N S 46.55m OD Scale 1:20 1m Section 91 SW Scale 1:40 NE 46.72m OD 2m AREA 4 AREA 5 Section 18 Section 25 W E NE 44.12m OD SW 44.97m OD Watching Brief Section 130 NW SE 46.55m OD Scale 1:20 1m # # # # # Cut Cut uncertain Deposit horizon Deposit horizon uncertain Top of surface/natural Limit of excavation Stone Chalk Charcoal Field drain Cut number Deposit number 18.45m OD Ordnance datum Figure 10b: Selected sections Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

95 east east east Plate 1: Ditch 319, Area 1 (Phase 1), looking north-east Plate 2: Ditch 342, Area 1 (Phase 1), looking west Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

96 east east east Plate 3: Cremation 332, Area 1 (Phase 1), looking north-west Plate 4: Ditches 309 and 311 (Phase 1) with furrow 307 (Phase 2) Area 2, looking south-west Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

97 east east east Plate 5: Ditch 132, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking north-west Plate 6: Intercutting ditches 258, 262 and 266, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking west Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

98 east east east Plate 7: Pit group 1 (207, 210, 223) Area 3 (Phase 1), looking north-west Plate 8: Pit 143, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking north-east Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

99 east east east Plate 9: Pit 146, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking north-west Plate 10: Pits 196 and 181, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking east Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

100 east east east Plate 11: Structure 2, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking north-west Plate 12: Structure 3, Area 3 (Phase 1), looking north-west Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

101 east east east Plate 13: Ditch 48, Area 4 (Phase 1), looking east Plate 14: Cobbled surface 117, Area 4 (Phase 1), looking south-east Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

102 east east east Plate 15: Pit 108, Area 5 (Phase 1), looking south-east Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1959

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