Railton, M. D. (2007). Assessment Report on an Archaeological Excavation at New Cowper Quarry Northern Extension (Phase 1), Aspatria, Cumbria. North Pennines Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1005146. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Assessment Report on an Archaeological Excavation at New Cowper Quarry Northern Extension (Phase 1), Aspatria, Cumbria
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Abstract:		 Between February and April 2005, NPA Ltd. carried out an archaeological excavation at New Cowper Quarry Northern Extension (Phase 1), Aspatria, Cumbria (NGR: NY 115 460) . This work preceded two further stages of excavation in neighbouring fields, which have already been reported (NCF-B, Davies 2006 and NCF-C, Gaskell 2006). The excavation revealed significant archaeological remains of prehistoric date, including a series of Early Neolithic pits, an Early Bronze Age funerary cairn, a curvilinear boundary ditch, linear and curvilinear gullies, and a number of isolated pits and postholes of probable prehistoric date. A sample of charcoal from one of the pits has provided an Early Neolithic date of 3650-3510 cal BC. A Bronze Age funerary monument was revealed on the east side of the excavation. Three Beaker vessels were deposited in or near the monument (one of which contained residues of beeswax), suggesting that ceremonial practices were taking place at the monument over a significant period of time. A thumbnail scraper was also recovered from near the monument. Two possible calibrated radiocarbon dates of 2400-2380 BC and 2360-2140 BC were produced for the monument, both of which fall within the Early Bronze Age. A number of linear features have been identified including a substantial boundary ditch on the east side of the site. Although no dating evidence has yet been obtained for these features, these are likely to date to the 1st millennium BC and represent part of a broader settled, agricultural landscape. Further work is required in order to further characterise the nature of these land divisions, which resemble the enclosures, field-systems or land divisions of a recognisably Iron Age or Romano-British pattern.
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Author:		 Martin D Railton ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 North Pennines Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cumbria HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2007
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Site: New Cowper Farm
Parish: HOLME ST CUTHBERT
District: Allerdale
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Grid Reference: 311850, 545990 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BEAKER (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CAIRN (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: northpen3-8301
OBIB: CP/162/04
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016