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| HHER Number: | 30460 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | EARLIER IRON AGE PIT ALIGNMENT, STATION ROAD, BALDOCK |
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Summary
Part of a known early-middle Iron Age pit alignment
| Grid Reference: | TL 245 342 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL23SW |
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| Parish: | North Hertfordshire (Non Civil Parish), North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- PIT ALIGNMENT (Earlier Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
Associated Events
- Excavation at Baldock railway station, Station Road, Baldock, 2011-12
Thank you for the WSI. (Ref: HN920)
- Evaluation at Baldock Railway Station, Station Road, Baldock, 2009 (Ref: BAL-HE-BRS09)
Full description
Ten pits in a line running NW-SE across land south of Baldock Station appear to be a further part of a known alignment running for a considerable distance (at least 1.5km) north-east of the town (see also [2321, 6173, 7740, 10792]). The only finds were sherds of early Roman pottery in the fills of a few pits (and post-medieval from one pit), other than a Class II potin coin in yet another pit. This had no pottery with it. This part of the alignment, which may have run along a hedgerow, appears to have gone out of use by the late Iron Age, and was cut by late Iron Age [30466] and early Roman [30467] features <1>.
<1> Ashworth, Helen, 2012, Baldock railway station, Station Road, Baldock, Herts: archaeological assessment, RNO 3233 (Report). SHT7844.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Report: Ashworth, Helen. 2012. Baldock railway station, Station Road, Baldock, Herts: archaeological assessment. Archaeological assessment. RNO 3233. |
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