Ladd, S. (2019). Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

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Title:		 Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Between July and December 2017, Oxford Archaeology East undertook excavation of an area of c.5ha east of New Road, Melbourn. A series of natural hollows were found across the site, producing Mesolithic and Neolithic flintwork and Neolithic pottery as well as small quantities of faunal and human skeletal remains. Middle Neolithic activity was suggested by the presence of Peterborough Ware pottery from several features. Increased human activity was evidenced in the Late Neolithic by fourteen pits which produced significant assemblages of faunal remains, Grooved Ware pottery and struck flints, alongside charred hazelnut shells and cereal grains and a few fragments of shell. Early Bronze Age ritual/funerary features were also uncovered. A cremation burial deposited in a pit, dated to c.2140-1950 cal BC, was located close to the main area of Late Neolithic activity. Two ditched round barrows were also excavated. One, single ditched, was poor in finds and produced no burials or other evidence for funerary activity. The second was double ditched and surrounded the grave of a Beaker-type inhumation burial of a single juvenile, dated to c.1920-1740 cal BC and buried with a plano-convex flint knife. Settlement activity continued through Middle Bronze Age. The settlement comprised up to 15 post-built structures, most of roundhouse form, associated with two distinct forms of enclosure. There were also three wells belonging to this period. A Middle Saxon enclosure ditch, partially re-worked and cut through by a well, lay in the north of the site. Several beam-slot features, possibly of medieval date, were also revealed. Some of which may be associated with the post-medieval line of Ashwell Street. Ashwell Street, in its post-medieval form, crossed the site and intersected with 18th century tracks. All these route ways were represented by road-side ditches associated with extensive wheel ruts.
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Author:		 S Ladd
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Site: Land east of New Road
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: MELBOURN
Country: England
Grid Reference: 539000, 244000 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HORSESHOE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HORSESHOE (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) NAIL (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BARROW (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FENCE (Monument Type England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) HOLLOW (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOLLOW WAY (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION (Monument Type England)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) POST BUILT STRUCTURE (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) WELL (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-338234
OBIB: OAE report 2199
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Note:		 A4 paper bound report. Full report.
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021