Boyer, P. (2009). An Archaeological Evaluation on Land at The Causeway, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1022127. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 An Archaeological Evaluation on Land at The Causeway, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1022127
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Four trial trenches measuring 30m by 1.8m were excavated across the site. In all of the evaluation trenches the earliest deposit was natural weathered chalk, though this also included a number of anomalies, mostly areas of natural staining and features formed by natural processes. In all trenches the natural deposits and features were sealed by a silty subsoil. This appears to have been naturally formed, but in Trench 1 it included sherds of prehistoric pottery, indicating a reworking of the deposit in antiquity. In Trenches 1 and 4 the deposit was also cut by a small number of tree-throw features, at least one of these in Trench 1 also producing tiny fragments of prehistoric pottery. At the top of the subsoil in all trenches was a thin layer of slightly compacted material. This appears to have been a subsoil surface layer that had been compressed by recent machinery movements above. The stratigraphic sequence in each trench was completed by the modern ploughsoil. No clear archaeological features were identified, though finds from the subsoil and tree-throws from the southwestern end of Trench 1 suggested some prehistoric activity in this area. Finds from the ploughsoil were more abundant, but these appear to have mostly derived from the site's former use as allotments.
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Author:		 Peter Boyer
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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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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Site: The Causeway, Bassingbourn
Parish: BASSINGBOURN CUM KNEESWORTH
District: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 533890, 244090 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Glass (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) TREE THROW (Monument Type England)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-63131
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Note:		 A4 client report, blue cover, 32 pages with appendices and illustrations.
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016