Newman, R. (2008). The Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge: An Archaeological Excavation. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1002576. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge: An Archaeological Excavation
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Series:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation consisting of an open area and two additional soakaways, which covered a combined area of c.230m2, was undertaken in advance of construction of the new Kavli Institute for Cosmology in the grounds of the University Observatory on the west side of Cambridge. Three distinct phases of activity were identified at this site. The first of these was represented by residual sherds of Late Iron Age and Early Roman pottery, which were discovered within a series of intensive Post-Medieval gravel quarries. Although extraction activity most probably began on the site in the Medieval period, it reached its apogee during the 17th century when at least 45 additional quarry pits were created; it was at this time that all in-situ traces of earlier activity appear to have been obliterated. Subsequently, during the 18th and 19th centuries, the area was used as rough pasture. In 1891, following the expansion of the University Observatory that had been established a little way to the north in 1822, a large telescope was erected on the site. This instrument, the Newall 25 inch refractor telescope, was to remain in use until 1955. It was subsequently donated to the National Observatory of Athens, at which time its former dome was demolished and a made-ground deposit was introduced above its remains.
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Author:		 R Newman
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Publisher:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2008
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Site: Kavli Institute for Cosmology
Parish: CAMBRIDGE
District: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 543200, 259400 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) Foundations (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GULLY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Layers (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Pit (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Pit (Monus)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-39605
OBIB: Cambridge Archaeological Unit Report No. 820
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Note:		 A4 wire bound with plastic laminate front. 33 pages of text incoporating 10 colour figures.
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016