Rees, G. (2013). Prehistoric Activity and Medieval Quarrying at 2 Park Close, Yaxley. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

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Title:		 Prehistoric Activity and Medieval Quarrying at 2 Park Close, Yaxley
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Between the 30th July and the 2nd August 2013 Oxford Archaeology East conducted an archaeological excavation on the former hostel site at 2 Park Close, Yaxley, Cambridgeshire (TL 1860 9249). An excavation area measuring 33m by 16m was opened in an area where previous work had identified possible prehistoric activity. Prehistoric, Roman and medieval artefacts were recovered from the site but the bulk of the activity appeared to have occurred in the medieval period. A sherd of Early Bronze Age pottery and several lithics recovered from a pit indicate prehistoric activity. The presence of postholes in the south-west corner of the site may represent prehistoric settlement was located here, however, with only a small number of artefacts recovered it is not possible to say conclusively. Roman pottery tended to occur residually in medieval contexts and probably represents a background scatter of Roman material in this area. In the medieval period the land in the development area was exploited for its sand and gravel resource by strip quarries, located mainly in the western part of the site. These pits had mainly been backfilled and contained few finds. However, one pit contained a large amount of medieval pottery indicating that domestic activity may have been occurring nearby.
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Author:		 G Rees
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: 2 Park Close, Yaxley
Parish: YAXLEY
District: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Park Close Yaxley Cambridgeshire
Location - Auto Detected: Park Close Yaxley
Grid Reference: 518600, 292490 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-156455
OBIB: Report No. 1509
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URI: http://library.thehumanjourney.net/1222/
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016