Title: |
Fordham Road, Newmarket |
Series: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The desk-based assessment has revealed that the site is situated within a landscape rich in archaeological remains. Within a 2.5km radius of the site there is evidence of early prehistoric occupation, Bronze Age and possibly Neolithic burial mounds, Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlements and a high status Late Iron Age cremation burial. The Icknield Way and another prehistoric route, Street Way, run to the south of the site. In the Roman period there are two villas locally as well as settlement as close as 0.5km to the south. The most significant Anglo-Saxon sites are a cemetery on Windmill Hill in Exning and a Late Saxon settlement further to the south. All medieval and post-medieval sites and buildings are concentrated within the villages of Exning, Landwade and Snailwell. Cartographic sources show that the site has been undeveloped agricultural land since at least the late 18th century. The evidence increases the probability of buried archaeological remains existing within the potential development area. If remains do exist, they are most likely to be prehistoric or Roman in date. As the site has never been developed, any remains should survive relatively intact although the effects of ploughing may have caused minor truncation. © |
Author: |
T Phillips
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Fordham Road, Newmarket |
Parish: |
EXNING |
District: |
West Suffolk |
County: |
Suffolk |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Street Way |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Fordham Road Newmarket |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Windmill Hill |
Grid Reference: 563200, 267200 (Easting, Northing)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
oxfordar3-137537 |
OBIB: |
OA East Report No. 1421 |
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Note: |
A4 bound report.
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |