Gilmour, N. (2008). Excavation, Evaluation and Watching Brief at Linton Village College, Linton Cambridgeshire Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1030506. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Excavation, Evaluation and Watching Brief at Linton Village College, Linton Cambridgeshire Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1030506
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Evaluation, excavation and watching briefs were carried out at Linton Village College between March and August 2008. These revealed extensive evidence for Later Roman activity, as well as features dating from the Neolithic to Saxon periods. Two Neolithic pits were excavated which contained Grooved ware pottery and worked flint, also several sherds of Beaker pottery were recovered. A large Late Bronze Age enclosure ditch was identified and a significant assemblage of worked flint was discovered in this. Several Iron Age features, including one which contained a human femur, were recorded. Many later Roman features, including a surfaced trackway, boundary ditches, pits and possible structural evidence, were found. The majority of the finds assemblage from the site dated to this period, including pottery, worked stone, coins and animal bone. The burial of a neonate found on the site was also carbon dated to this period. Five individuals, buried in three graves, were found on the site, these were dated to the Middle Saxon period. Three of these individuals had been decapitated and it is possible that this represents a small execution cometary, although the presence of a multiple burial, including a child and a sub-adult, would make this an unusual example. A large curving boundary ditch also contained likely Saxon pottery. There was little evidence of occupation on the site after the Saxon period, and it is likely that the site reverted to open fields before until school was built in the 1930's. This activity ties in well with work carried out at Linton Village college in 2004 and 2005 and adds to knowledge of the past of this area.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	N Gilmour
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer) Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2008
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Linton Village College, Cambridge Road Parish: LINTON District: South Cambridgeshire County: Cambridgeshire Country: England Location - Auto Detected: Linton Village Location - Auto Detected: Linton Village College Grid Reference: 555600, 246900 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ARMLET (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HARNESS FITTING (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HOB NAIL (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HOOK (Object England) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) KNIFE (Object England) LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PLUMB BOB (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) QUERN (Object England) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England) LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION (Monument Type England) LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) STRUCTURE (Monument Type England) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TRACKWAY (Monument Type England) Neolithic To Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) Middle Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal) NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) Late Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) WATCHING BRIEF (Event) FIELD SURVEY (Event) FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event) EXCAVATION (Event)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: oxfordar3-53451 OBIB: OAE Report No: 1058
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