Cunningham, L. (2018). Land Rear of 1 Hempfield Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Stowmarket, Suffolk: Britannia Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1076164. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land Rear of 1 Hempfield Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Britannia Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 On the 2nd and 3rd of July 2018, Britannia Archaeology Ltd (BA) undertook a trial trench evaluation. The evaluation successfully identified three phases of activity on the site. The first phase relates to medieval backplot activity in the form of a large cess pit. Pit 1014 was dated to the late medieval period possibly continuing into the early post-medieval period. The material found within the pit was of a domestic nature and included two soles of late medieval/early post-medieval shoes as well as fragments of domestic ceramics and butchered animal bone. The material in the pit was likely being deposited here from a medieval settlement close by. The sharpened wooden stake which was found in the pit was possibly part of a wooden structure associated with providing access to the pit or covering it, or could have been placed to prevent slumping. However, the nature and presence of a structure cannot be confirmed. The second phase is post-medieval Fen reclamation represented by reclamation and made ground layers, dated to the 16th-17th century. Made ground layers located above the reclamation layers likely to prepare the reclaimed land for construction date from the 18th-19th century. A drainage ditch cut into the top layer of made ground from this phase to likely aid with draining surface water from the site. The final phase is modern and relates to recent layers of made ground most likely associated with creating the current yard surface which is present across the site.
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Author:		 L Cunningham
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Publisher:		 Britannia Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Land Rear of 1 Hempfield Road
County: Cambridgeshire
District: East Cambridgeshire
Parish: LITTLEPORT
Country: England
Grid Reference: 556760, 286750 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHOE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CESS PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DRAINAGE DITCH (Monument Type England)
TEST PIT (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: britanni1-320391
OBIB: R1213
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020