Atkins, R. (2009). Bronze Age Beaker pits and a Late Iron Age into Roman Settlement on land off Stirling Way Nr. Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1030504. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Bronze Age Beaker pits and a Late Iron Age into Roman Settlement on land off Stirling Way Nr. Witchford, Ely, Cambridgeshire
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1030504
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The excavation found some pre-Iron Age prehistoric activity. An Early Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scatter consisted of 33 worked flint pieces found across the site but the majority came from the plateau of a small knoll at c.15.5mOD. Two Beaker pits were excavated very close to the top of the slope. These were the first non funerary Beaker features uncovered within a 5km radius of the site. The accumulative evidence probably indicates 'stay over' and/or sporadic visits to the site in this earlier prehistoric period. n the Late Iron Age a settlement was established but only a very small part of it was within the excavation (and the earlier evaluation area). This work found four phases of occupation which started c.1st century BC and continued into the late 2nd century AD. It is likely that the overall settlement started in the Early or Middle Iron Age as a few pottery sherds of this period was found as residual items in later features. Likewise, the settlement may have continued into the Late Roman period adjacent to the site, as a Late Roman layer as well as artefacts dated to this period, including a 4th century coin, were found in the topsoil.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Rob Atkins
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:	2009
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Farm Land to the North of the County Depot, Off Stirling Way, Nr. Witchford District: East Cambridgeshire County: Cambridgeshire Parish: ELY Country: England Location - Auto Detected: Stirling Way Nr Witchford Ely Cambridgeshire Grid Reference: 551500, 278900 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	Preiron Age Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) Middle Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) Late 2nd Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) Earlier Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) C1st Century Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) Early (Auto Detected Temporal) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Early Neolithic To Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) PIT (Monument Type England) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England) BURIAL (Monument Type England) Flint (Find) Glass (Find) SHERD (Object England) EXCAVATION (Event)
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