Timberlake, S. (2010). Babraham Research Campus, Nursery Building - Archaeological monitoring and excavation. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1019918. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Babraham Research Campus, Nursery Building - Archaeological monitoring and excavation
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Series:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1019918
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The Cambridge Archaeological Unit carried out archaeological monitoring and excavation of a small area (100 m2) which formed the footprint for a planned new nursery building at TL 514506 within the Babraham Research Campus. The existing nursery lies at the north end of the small housing estate adjacent to the eastern end of the campus some c. 400m distant from an extensive Roman cemetery and settlement. Initial testpitting showed that the chalk outcrop here lay beneath a shallow cover of colluvium, the lowest 20-30cm of this subsoil surviving below the level of plough disturbance. Archaeological features including a shallow NW-SE linear and an earlier truncated E-W ditch segment were identified within the top of this lower subsoil; charcoal plus a single abraded Late Iron Age - Roman pot sherd were recovered from the base of the later ditch. As no other features were encountered, it was difficult to determine whether or not these were part of an earlier field system, or for that matter to be certain of a date. However, the balance of probability is that these are agricultural features and related to the occupation of the Babraham Romano-British settlement.
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Author:		 Simon Timberlake
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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:		 2010
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Site: Babraham Research Campus
Parish: BABRAHAM
District: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Babraham
Grid Reference: 551400, 250600 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) Burnt Clay (Find)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-109065
OBIB: Report No. 966
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Note:		 10pp with 4 figures and 3 colour phots
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016