Murphy, K. (2008). Archaeological Excavation on land at Stonald Field, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire (WSF 07). Archaeological Project Services. https://doi.org/10.5284/1002776. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Excavation on land at Stonald Field, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire (WSF 07)
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Abstract:		 An archaeological excavation was carried out prior to the construction of a housing estate on land at Stonald Field, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The archaeological investigations at Stonald Field, Whittlesey were undertaken as part of a PPG16 planning condition. In the first instance geophysical survey and plotting of cropmarks from aerial photographs was undertaken. This was followed by a programme of trial trenching, resulting in the excavation which is the subject of this report. Evidence of Bronze Age funerary activity was uncovered in the form of a small pit with Beaker pottery and flints, and a partially preserved ring ditch with putative associated barrow. No human remains were recovered from these features, which were noted to be damaged by later land use. Overlying the Bronze Age features, middle Iron Age remains were uncovered. The major elements of these were a ditched rectilinear enclosure surrounding a smaller internal area defined by a curvilinear ditch. Various pits, gullies and a small number of post holes, including a group characteristic of a ''four-post structure'', were also identified. These remains appeared to be settlement related, with relatively large amounts of pottery, animal bone and fired clay, characteristic elements of occupation detritus. The middle Iron Age remains appeared, in common with the Bronze Age features, to have been quite badly damaged by later land use. Both the Bronze Age ring ditch and the Iron Age remains appeared to extend beyond the western boundary of the site. Medieval and post-medieval features were observed to truncate earlier remains.
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Author:		 Katie Murphy ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Project Services
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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: Stonald Field
Parish: WHITTLESEY
District: Fenland
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 526360, 297920 (Easting, Northing)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Flint (Find)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) Curvilinear Ditch (Monus)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) GULLY (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) RING DITCH (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) STRUCTURE (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: archaeol1-45963
OBIB: 88/08
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016