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Land North of Elm House, Elm Road, March, Cambrigeshire |
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Witham Archaeology unpublished report series
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An archaeological trial trench evaluation was undertaken on land north of Elm House, Elm House Road, March, Cambridgeshire. The project was commissioned by Morton and Hall Consulting on behalf of their clients Qualitex Hygiene Services. Archaeological trial trenching was required in advance of construction at the site, in accordance with a brief issued by the Historic Environment Team, Cambridgeshire County Council. The site lies in an archaeologically sensitive location, significant deposits of prehistoric and Roman date having been previously recorded in the area. Three trenches were excavated as part of the evaluation, two of which were approximately 20m long. A further trench comprised two joined trenches, one 20m long and one 10m long, which met at right angles to form a single 'T'-shaped trench. The trenching revealed a single undated probable pit, along with an undated ditch with a short right-angled return, probably representing part of an enclosure. Although undated, the form of these ditches suggests a pre-modern date, and are unlikely to be later than Medieval. Prehistoric and Roman sites and finds are recorded across the general area, and it is quite possible that the ditches, and possibly the pit, belong to this broad date range. Further undated features of uncertain interpretation comprised a possible post-trench and post-hole, which may well be the result of modern ploughing and disturbance. Two north-south aligned linear features were interpreted as being the result of modern rip ploughing. Other possible features were investigated which were interpreted as representing animal and root disturbance of the underlying natural deposits. Only two artefacts were retrieved during the investigation, one being a fragment of pottery of probable Early Neolithic or Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age date, the other an Early Neolithic blade flake. The pottery was redeposited in a later feature and the flint unstratified. |
Author: |
V Mellor
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Publisher: |
Witham 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: |
2015
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Land off Elm Road |
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Cambridgeshire |
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Fenland |
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MARCH |
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England |
Grid Reference: 541922, 298855 (Easting, Northing)
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withamar1-216014 |
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91 |
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A4 Comb Bound
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Created Date: |
06 Nov 2017 |