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Land at Hay Close, Balsham, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Assessment Report |
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Heritage Network unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
As a result of a condition on the planning permission for the construction of eighteen new dwellings, with associated car parking access on land at Hay Close, Balsham, Cambridgeshire, the Heritage Network was commissioned by the developer to undertake a programme of archaeological investigation. Two phases of fieldwork were undertaken, comprising an archaeological evaluation followed by open area excavation. In Phase 1 five trial trenches, of various lengths, were excavated across the proposed building footprints and roadway. Trenches 1-4, on the eastern end of the site, were blank but Trench 5, in the north-western corner, contained two pits and a possible gully/ditch. Flint-tempered pottery, dating from the late Bronze Age / early Iron Age, was recovered from the larger of the two pits. As a result of these findings the project moved to an immediate second stage, involving open area excavation to the west of Trench 5. This demonstrated that the two pits form part of a three pit complex containing late Bronze Age / early Iron Age domestic debris. Two shallow ditches were also investigated. One also contained flint-tempered pottery and is likely to be contemporary with the pits. The date of the other ditch is suggested to be medieval on the basis of the ecofacts identified in the environmental samples collected from its fill. |
Author: |
David Kaye
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Publisher: |
Heritage Network
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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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Locations: |
Site: |
Land at Hay Close, Balsham |
Parish: |
BALSHAM |
District: |
South Cambridgeshire |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 558950, 250500 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
heritage1-20667 |
OBIB: |
Heritage Network Report no.402 |
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Note: |
A4 booklet, comb bound, green cover
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |