Gregson, R. and Wardill, R. (2011). Land at The Causeway, West Wratting, Cambs: Archaeological Trial Trenching. Bedford: Albion Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1019877. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at The Causeway, West Wratting, Cambs: Archaeological Trial Trenching
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Series:		 Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Planning permission for the construction of a dwelling at The Causeway, West Wratting has been granted by South Cambridgeshire District Council. The development site is located in the medieval core of West Wratting. On the opposite side of the Causeway sits the 13th-century St Andrew's Church and to the north is West Wratting Hall. Approximately 300m to north-east lies the site of a possible Roman farmstead and to the north-west, at a distance of 130m and 200m respectively, lie undated earthworks and an earthwork bank. In February 2011, a 10m x 1.6m trial trench was excavated within the footprint of the proposed new building. It revealed a land boundary that had been in use for many centuries. It had been periodically recut, with its final recut and infilling happening in recent times. The dating of the earliest phase of the ditch is uncertain due to the recovery of only one small sherd of abraded late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pottery. However, the absence of other finds and the nature of the fill of this feature do suggest that it is of some antiquity. The boundary was very likely in existence during the medieval period but a prehistoric date for its origin cannot be ruled out. No other archaeological features or deposits were found within the trench. This suggests that the land in the vicinity of the proposed new building was not the site of domestic or other activity during the medieval and later periods despite its proximity to the parish church and village centre.
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Author:		 R Gregson
R Wardill
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Publisher:		 Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: The Causeway, West Wratting
Parish: WEST WRATTING
District: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: The Causeway West Wratting
Location - Auto Detected: St Andrews Church
Location - Auto Detected: West Wratting Hall
Location - Auto Detected: South Cambridgeshire
Grid Reference: 560510, 252340 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: albionar1-93813
OBIB: 2011/31
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Note:		 A4 comb bound client report with cream coloured cover.
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016