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Wadlow Windfarm West Wratting: Results of Archaeological Evaluation |
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Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Headland Archaeology undertook pre-determination trial trenching for a proposed wind farm development at Wadlow Farm, West Wratting, Cambridgeshire on behalf of RES Ltd. The evaluation was undertaken following a requirement by Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Advisor (CAPCA). 75 trenches were excavated across the site at 13 proposed turbine locations, covering an area of 5200m². The evaluation identified three groups of features across the proposed development, concentrated largely on the southern and eastern areas of the proposed turbine bases. A group of Neolithic flint quarry pits were found in the area of Turbine 3 and contained primary flint reduction waste. These are considerably significant, given the limited knowledge of flint extraction and associated working in the area. Two small groups of features containing Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery have also been located in the southern part of the site on the clay soils away from the chalk ridge. These sites are in both cases confined to the eastern edges of the turbine bases although their full extent is not clear. They are likely to be outlying features associated with settlements in the area. A series of undated ditches corresponding with cropmark evidence were revealed across a number of the turbine bases on the eastern and southern parts of the area. These ditches are largely undated but the occupation evidence in the southern part of the area suggests they may be of similar date. |
Author: |
E Jones
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Publisher: |
Headland Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Locations: |
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Wadlow Windfarm |
Parish: |
WEST WRATTING |
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South Cambridgeshire |
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Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 557800, 253800 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
headland1-58235 |
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Soft bound report
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |