Sinclair, K. (2021). Foxton Travel Hub. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1089600. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Foxton Travel Hub
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Between the 14th September and 2nd October 2020, Oxford Archaeology East (OA East) carried out a trench evaluation at the site of the proposed Foxton Travel Hub, Foxton (TL 4062 4856). The trenching was informed by an earlier geophysical survey and by mapping of cropmarks and earthworks in the area. Archaeological features were recorded in 14 of the 15 excavated trenches, providing evidence of early Roman and post-medieval activity. Further, minor, phases of work were carried out on the 29th of October 2020 and the 15th April 2021, comprising the monitoring of the excavation of a series of geotechnical test pits across the site and the excavation of a single trench some 100m to the east of the main evaluation area. The evaluation confirmed the presence of a double ditched trackway and an adjoining rectangular enclosure previously plotted from cropmarks. The pottery from both the enclosure and trackway ditches indicate an early Roman date for these features. The line of the trackway was followed by a low broad earthwork bank which has presumably been heavily denuded by ploughing. Subsurface remains associated with this bank were poorly preserved and no dating evidence was recovered, but it has previously been suggested to represent a post-Roman (medieval) field boundary following the earlier alignment of the trackway. In the south-western part of the site was evidence of extensive post-medieval quarrying. The quarries did not extend onto the embanked course of the trackway, suggesting it remained a significant boundary feature into post-medieval times. The Roman trackway is clearly associated with a major and long lived complex of Roman settlement and activity located little more than 500m to the west of the site, along Foxton Brook, and the results of the evaluation are of some significance in terms of understanding the development of Roman and post-Roman land use in the local landscape.
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Author:		 K Sinclair
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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:		 2021
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Site: Land north of the A10
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: FOXTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 540620, 248560 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) NAIL (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)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-406657
OBIB: OAE report 2458
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021