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Archaeological Invesigation at Longhill Road, March, Cambridgeshire |
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Archaeological Project Services unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The excavation revealed a possible droveway of 1st century date on the west side of the site. Much briquetage and a probable settling tank at the north end revealed the site's proximity to the saltmaking discovered in the prior evaluation. Settlement seemed to have expanded in the 2nd century, based on rectangular ditched enclosures, with pottery evidence suggesting it continued to around 220 AD. A single boundary ditch from a final c220-2250 AD phase probably represented a system of larger enclosures, with settlemrent still close enough for a human burial and deposition of pottery and animal waste in the ditch. Flooding in the mid 3rd century would then have made the site uninhabitable. |
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Archaeological Project Services
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Excavation on Land at Longhill Road |
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Cambridgeshire |
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Fenland |
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MARCH |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 541470, 299380 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol1-131220 |
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Report No: 57/12 |
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A4 comb bound
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |