Podbury, L. (2021). Trial Trench at Land East of Ivy House, 38 High Street. Wardell Armstrong Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1101832. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Trial Trench at Land East of Ivy House, 38 High Street
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Series:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1101832
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Abstract:		 The archaeological evaluation was undertaken following the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Standard and guidance for field evaluation (2020a), and in accordance with the WA fieldwork manual (2021). The fieldwork programme was followed by an assessment of the data as set out in the Standard and guidance for field evaluation (CIfA 2020a) and the Standard and guidance for the collection, documentation, conservation and research of archaeological materials (CIfA 2020b). The data recovered indicated past activity on the site primarily dating to the mid-12th to 14th centuries, with the pottery assemblage conceivably most consistent with a mid-13th to mid-14th century chronological range. This activity was represented by a series of ditches, gullies, and two probable waste pits. The archaeological remains identified appear to be contemporaneous, or subsequent to, the wholesale reorganisation of the village in the medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. Although no structural remains were encountered during the evaluation, the pottery recovered from the fills of the linear features and pits is wholly consistent with a domestic assemblage - including several cooking pot sherds that retained evidence of sooting. The ditches encountered likely functioned as boundaries extending from the High Street, which is known to have origins in at least the Saxon period, and yielded the detritus from nearby activity. The two waste pits identified during the investigation are of particular interest, with their medieval deposits containing a high concentration of carbonised cereals. The remains are likely derived from cleaned cereal crop, perhaps prior to final hand sorting to remove larger contaminants. The high density of remains in the pits could imply the debris is the result of a drying or storage accident. A small number of grains from other cereals, pulses and hazelnut shell were also present, indicating domestic residues.
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Author:		 Liam Podbury
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Publisher:		 Wardell Armstrong Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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Parish: Spaldwick
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
District: Huntingdonshire
Grid Reference: 513158, 272699 (Easting, Northing)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
GULLY (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL GULLY (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
COOKING VESSEL (Object England)
MEDIEVAL COOKING VESSEL (Tag)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
MEDIEVAL ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wardella2-502299
Report id: BE10099/0002
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Created Date:		 10 Jan 2023