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Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of land at Gaul Road, March, Cambridgeshire |
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Archaeological Project Services unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
A programme of desk-based assessment was undertaken to determine the archaeological implications of proposed development on land north of Gaul Road, March, Cambridgeshire. An assessment area of 500m radius from the centre of the proposed development site was examined. The location of the proposed development site is of topographical and archaeological significance. Geological and soil mapping of the area has suggested that during the prehistoric periods the site lay on the edge of March ''island'', with a small extension of the surrounding fen protruding into the site. Early use of the site is attested to by the presence of Mesolithic and Neolithic flint scatters in the northwestern and soutwestern corners of the site. A further scatter of flints was indentified in the southwestern part of the site during recent fieldwalking (report forthcoming). These scatters may represent the remains of small transient groups moving across the landscape rather than more permanent settlement. Several prehistoric settlement sites have been recorded on March ''island'' and in the surrounding area. There is no indication of any later activity at the site. In the northern and western parts of the site remains could be buried beneath alluvium associated with either the realignment of the River Nene or the deposition of sands and silts during phases of marine incursion during the Neolithic period. Cartographic evidence suggests that the development site has been agriculture/pastoral land since at least 1680. |
Author: |
R Hall
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Project Services
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2008
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Gaul Road |
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MARCH |
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Fenland |
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Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 540650, 298650 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
archaeol1-37585 |
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146/07 |
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A4 Comb bound
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23 Nov 2016 |