Quartermaine, J. and Schofield, P. (2009). Martcrag Moor Axe Factory Sites, Great Langdale, Cumbria: Archaeological Recording Survey Report. Lancaster: Oxford Archaeology (North). https://doi.org/10.5284/1053917. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Martcrag Moor Axe Factory Sites, Great Langdale, Cumbria: Archaeological Recording Survey Report
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology North unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 As part of the on-going work to improve footpaths within the Lake District National Park, Oxford Archaeology North (OA North) was invited by The National Trust to undertake an archaeological survey and investigation of an area of axe working sites that had been exposed by footpath erosion on Martcrag Moor, Great Langdale (NGR NY 26992 08129). The programme of work was intended to provide data to inform and guide forthcoming upland footpath conservation work and, specifically, to record the existing exposed limits of each of the axe working sites before renewal works can be undertaken. The survey and recording was undertaken at various dates between September and October 2008. The survey entailed a rectified photographic survey of each of the individual working floors. The rectified photographic survey provided a detailed record of the working floors and demonstrated that they had been subject to relatively little erosion, as most of the flake scatters were relatively localised and had not significantly spread down slope. The survey identified nine new archaeological sites and the largest of the sites (MC1) was in part preserved beneath an eroded peat hag. The line of the revised path route should be designed to avoid any areas of known archaeological sensitivity, but should remain within the area of the erosion scar. There would need to be an archaeological watching brief during any ground works in the environs of the sites and further along the line of the Martcrag Moor path.
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Author:		 J Quartermaine
P Schofield
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (North)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Mart Crag Moor Axe Factories, Great Langdale
County: Cumbria
District: Allerdale
Parish: BORROWDALE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 326992, 508129 (Easting, Northing)
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) DEBITAGE (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) AXE WORKING SITES (Monus)
STONE AXE FACTORY (Monument Type England)
FIELD SURVEY (Event)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar2-142930
OBIB: 2009-2010/955
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Created Date:		 17 Jul 2019