Land adjacent to 88 Union Street, Dunstable

The Oxford Archaeological Unit carried out a field evaluation at 88 Union Street, Dunstable, on behalf of Banner Homes PLC. The evaluation revealed two late lron Age or early Roman ditches, which ran from east to west across the site and may have defined a trackway, a small pit of unknown date was also found.

Between Decemher 2000 and May 2001 , Oxford Archaeological Unit (OAU) undertook a watching brief at Union Street, Dutstable (planning ref: SB/TP/98/0710). An evaluation carried out by OAU in Mav 2000 identified two Iron Age or early Roman ditches, which ran from east to west across the site and may have defined a trackway. Both these ditches were observed during the watching brief, together with a
probable pit and a well, both of which were of unknown date.