Robinson Zeki, L. (2019). Wellcome Genome Campus Development Project, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

Title:

Wellcome Genome Campus Development Project, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire

Series:

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series

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Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

During October and November 2018, evaluation trial trenching was undertaken by Oxford Archaeology (OA) at the Hinxton Genome Campus, Cambridgeshire, in advance of a planned extension. A total of 159 trenches were excavated in six fields, comprising a 2.5% sample. Low-density archaeological remains were found in all six fields. Archaeological activity was mostly concentrated in two areas. The first, comprising a large east-north-east to west-south-west orientated ditched feature, with an associated smaller parallel ditch and possible associated pits and post-holes, was found in the north of Field 5 and south of Field 6. These features indicated activity along a possible route or version of the Icknield Way in the later prehistoric/Roman period. The second focus of activity comprised a roughly north to south aligned trackway extending through the middle of the evaluated area. This route was defined by linear archaeological features (ditches and hollow ways), which appeared in Fields 2, 4, 5 and 6. Six perpendicular field boundary ditches indicate agricultural use of the area to either side. These features may have been used during the Early Roman period. Also of note was a cremation situated in the north of the site, which remains undated. Other scattered archaeological features were present in Fields 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Field 1 contained periglacial features, which in certain locations contained archaeological finds, principally worked flints. The features found in the evaluated area suggest an agricultural hinterland during the late prehistoric and Roman periods, probably closely associated with settlement to the west on the banks of the River Cam and possibly connected to other known spheres of late prehistoric and Roman activity.

Author:

Leanne Robinson Zeki

Publisher:

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)

Other Person/Org:

Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)

Year of Publication:

2019

Locations:

Site:	Hinxton Genome Campus Extension
County:	Cambridgeshire
District:	South Cambridgeshire
Parish:	HINXTON
Country:	England

Grid Reference: 549797, 245317 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)	AMMUNITION (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)	COIN (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	COIN (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	HEARTHSTONE (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)	PATERA (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)	TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)	TILE (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	TILE (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)	TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)	TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
	AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION (Event)
	METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
	TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY (Event)
	TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
	TEST PIT (Event)
	ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
	GRAB SAMPLING (Event)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	oxfordar3-337115
OBIB:	OAE report 2269

Note:

A4 paper bound report

Source:

OASIS (OASIS)

Relations:

URI:	https://library.thehumanjourney.net/4675/

Created Date:

29 Oct 2021