Title: |
Iron Age, Roman and Medieval Settlement on Land at Ely Road, Milton |
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Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The excavation of 26 trenches revealed the presence of significant archaeology on the site in all but two. Geophysics were commissioned and interpreted for Oxford Archaeology East and the results used to decide the positioning of 15 of the trenches. The high density of archaeology spans from the late Iron Age, with evidence of settlement and land boundaries, through to the Post-medieval. Prehistory is represented as a scatter of flints, across the site, particularly to the south-west suggesting Mesolithic to Bronze Age activity in the area despite none of the features having been dated to these periods. Activity was at its most intense during the Roman period when a mixed farming regime of wheat and barley production took place along with the rearing of cattle and horses. The cremation dated to the 2nd century AD. This work supports and confirms results of previous field walking, geophysics and aerial photography interpretation conducted on fields adjacent to this site. |
Author: |
G Rees
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Locations: |
Site: |
Former E.D.F. Energy Site, Ely Road |
Parish: |
MILTON |
District: |
South Cambridgeshire |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 548200, 262900 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
oxfordar3-46696 |
OBIB: |
report number 1053 |
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Note: |
A4 Evaluation report, 79 pages, 5 appendices, 5 figures, 10 plates.
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |