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Land at Butterfield Green, Luton, Bedfordshire: An Archaeological Excavation

Kenney, S. (2005) Land at Butterfield Green, Luton, Bedfordshire: An Archaeological Excavation. [Client Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The Archaeological Field Unit of Cambridgeshire County Council conducted a fieldwalking survey and an archaeological evaluation on 1.18ha of land at Butterfield Green, Luton, Bedfordshire (TL 1096/2506). This was in advance of a proposed industrial development.

The evaluation revealed Iron Age and undated features including several ditches of various sizes in six of the ten trenches. Post holes and a pit were also observed in Trench 5, while a single post hole was seen in Trench 2. One ditch in Trench 4 produced most of the pottery from the site, although sherds were recovered from a total of 8 contexts. All of the pottery recovered from features has been spot-dated to the early to middle Iron Age. Worked and burnt flint was also recovered from a number of features as well as the plough soil.

Item Type: Client Report
Uncontrolled Keywords: Luton, luton, Bedfordshire, bedfordshire, 790, report 790, Report 790, CCCAFU report 790, Iron Age, iron age, burnt flint, worked flint, flint, lithic, lithics, lithic implement, fieldwalking, evaluation, Evaluation, ditch, pit, post hole, posthole
Subjects: Geographical Areas > English Counties > Bedfordshire
Period > UK Periods > Iron Age 800 BC - 43 AD > Early Iron Age 800 - 400 BC
Period > UK Periods > Iron Age 800 BC - 43 AD
Period > UK Periods > Iron Age 800 BC - 43 AD > Middle Iron Age 400 - 100 BC
Depositing User: Archives
Date Deposited: 07 Jan 2020 09:49
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2020 09:49
URI: http://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/id/eprint/5372

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