A1 Tempsford Overbridge Scheme Archaeological Evealuation [Site name: TEMPSFORD - OVERBRIDGE SCHEME Study area: 0.36ha Investigation type: Evaluation District: Mid Bedfordshire Monument: SETTLEMENT. Early Medieval (410-1066), SETTLEMENT. Iron Age, SETTLEMENT. Roman (AD43-410), [Finds]. Early Medieval (410-1066), MOAT. Medieval (1066-1540) Ngr: TL16005300 Parish: Tempsford Postcode: SG192AT]

Pages:
46; figs; refs
Authors:
Shotliffe D; Thomas A; Baker E
Publisher:
Bedfordshire County Council, Planning Department Conservation and Archaeology Section
Published:
1993
Abstract:
An archaeological evaluation was carried out as part of an environmental assessment for the Tempsford Overbridge Scheme. The route of the main link road affected a moated enclosure which was subsequently investigated means of an earthwork survey, geophysical survey, trial trenches and boreholes as well as documentary research. The earliest domestic settlement dated from the Saxo-Norman period. The construction and initial occupation of the moat dated to the 12th-13th centuries.The excavation of the moat severely disturbed the earlier settlement. The ceramic assemblage suggested that occupation ceased in the 15th century. [Au(abr)]
Source description:
i, 46pp, figs, refs
Dataset:
AIP
Coverage:
1993

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