Atkins, R. (2009). Neolithic and Bronze Age Occupation and a Middle Iron Age to Early Roman Settlement at Low Corner, Chippenham. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

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Title:		 Neolithic and Bronze Age Occupation and a Middle Iron Age to Early Roman Settlement at Low Corner, Chippenham
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Abstract:		 The archaeology found in the evaluation comprised two main phases. Firstly, in the Neolithic and Bronze Age remains comprised several different components. Firstly there were two burials c.45m apart in the central western part of the site. 1) A Neolithic neonate inhumation burial and 2) an Early Bronze Age cremation of an infant. Neither the inhumation burial or cremation were seemingly buried within a mound and they were found at 0.4m and c.0.35m below the present ground level respectively. The small amount of bone and pottery found within the two burials may be important showing a deliberate policy of placing a token deposit. The second main archaeological phase was a linear Middle Iron Age to Early Roman settlement found across the site parallel to the former Lee brook. This settlement started around the 4th or 3rd century BC and this may have been sporadic occupied at first and seems to have been largely represented by pits with no definite enclosures dating to this phase. In the Late Iron Age from c.100BC to Early Roman period (middle 2nd century AD) there was far more evidence for occupation with a total of two probable ring gullies and post holes in four trenches over a 250m distance along the middle part of the site. The main occupation ran in a linear north to south direction for 400m and was c.150 wide. Fields ran off from this main occupation area to the west. There was widespread evidence for major iron working on the site in both the Late Iron Age and Early Roman periods with possible bog ore being extracted Soil samples imply that there were some cereal crops including wheat being grown in the area and the widespread cattle bones imply a variety of animals being raised. Artefacts including two Early Roman brooches and some pottery imports imply the settlement was of average or above average wealth.
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Author:		 Rob Atkins ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Land adjacent to B1085, Low Park Corner, Opposite Chippenham Park
District: East Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Parish: CHIPPENHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 567220, 269240 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
PIT (Monument Type England)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
FLINT (Find)
FARMSTEAD (Monument Type England)
HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Monus)
GRUBENHAUS (Monument Type England)
LITHIC WORKING SITE (Monument Type England)
STAKE HOLE (Monument Type England)
FIRE PIT (Monument Type England)
BURIAL (Monument Type England)
CREMATION (Monument Type England)
ROUND HOUSE (Monus)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Object England)
SHERD (Object England)
HEARTH (Monument Type England)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-54614
OBIB: Report No: 1086
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018