Chapter 1: INTRODUCTIO N ; Location and circumstances of the fieldwork ; Landscape character, topography and geology ; Aims and objectives of the fieldwork ; Research themes and the significance of results ; Organisation of this report ; Summary of chronology within this report ; Textual and graphical conventions ; Arrangements for the archives ; Community engagement and public dissemination ; Chapter 2: MIDDLE-LATE BRONZE AGE PITS AND UNDATED PIT ALIGNMENTS ; Middle-late Bronze Age pits in the upper valley ; Middle-late Bronze Age pits in the lower valley ; Late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pits at Site C ; The Bronze Age pit alignment, south of Site M ; Pit alignments and other features at Site P ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; Chapter 3: IRON AGE FARMING BESIDE THE OUZEL BROOK ; Iron Age settlement evidence at Sites D, G and M ; Middle Iron Age settlement and activity at Sites K and N ; Late Iron Age settlement, 1st century BC, at Site G, D and M ; An Iron Age roundhouse at Thorn overbridge, Site G ; Late Iron Age boundaries, 1st century BC, at Site D ; Iron Age ditches south of Site M ; The alluvial sequence beside the Ouzel Brook at Site M ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; Chapter 4: A LATE IRON AGE/ROMAN CREMATION CEMETERY AND SETTLEMENT FEATURES AT HARLINGTON ROAD, TODDINGTON ; The Iron Age/Roman funerary remains and nearby boundaries ; Cremation cemetery at Site M1A ; Cremation cemetery at Site M1A ; The pyre site and possible cairn at Site M1B ; Roman boundaries at TWB3, Site M1Cand Site M1B ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; Chapter 5: IRON AGE/ROMAN FUNERARY SITES IN THE VALLEY OF THE OUZEL BROOK ; Summary of the funerary chronology ; A middle-late Iron Age inhumation from Site Q ; A late Iron Age/early Roman urned cremation burial cemetery at Site F ; A late Iron Age/early Roman pyre site and unurned cremations at Site H ; Early Roman cremation burials and inhumations at Site Q ; A charnel burial pit of the late 4th to 5th centuries AD at Site F ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; Chapter 6: LATE IRON AGE/ROMAN TRACKWAYS, BOUNDARIES AND ENCLOSURES ; Summary of the late Iron Age/Roman chronology ; Trackways and enclosures at Site H ; Boundaries and enclosures at Site Q ; Four-post structures at Site F ; Boundary ditches at Site P ; Boundary ditches and pits at Site J ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; Chapter 7: SAXON FUNERARY REMAINS, PITS, CULTIVATION SOILS AND MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT ; Summary of Saxon and medievalsettlement and funerary remains ; Saxon inhumation cemetery at Site H ; Medieval settlement at Site Q ; Medieval activity at Site G ; Medieval settlement at Site F ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; Chapter 8: A LATE MEDIEVAL POTTERS'' WASTE DUMP NEAR NUPPINGS GREEN, NORTH OF TODDINGTON ; Summary of the medieval and post-medieval chronology ; Medieval potters'' working area at Site M1C ; Medieval ditches at Site M1B ; Post-medieval buildings and a cob wall at Site ; Agricultural evidence ; Specialist studies ; Regional landscape context and discussion ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; DIGITAL DATA PACKAGE ; A5-M1 Link Road ; Archaeological reports ; Detailed Design ; Specific Detailed Designs ; Methodologies ; Specialist analysis ; M1 Junction 12 ; Archaeological reports ; Detailed Design ; Methodologies ; Specialist analysis.
Farmsteads and Funerary Sites: the M1 Junction 12 Improvements and the A5-M1 Link Road, Central Bedfordshire : Archaeological Investigations Prior to Construction, 2011 And 2015-16