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Archaeological Evaluation, Land at Gaul Rd, March, Cambridgeshire |
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Archaeological Project Services unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An evaluation consisting of forty-three trenches and fifty-seven test pits was carried out on, and in the vicinity of, two Mesolithic and Neolithic flint scatters. These scatters were located either side of a former fenland embayment on the slightly higher ground of the March 'island'. A buried soil sealed by later alluvium contained a quantity of Mesolithic flint as did a handful of features recorded beneath it. This buried soil also contained a Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead. An auger survey and pollen analysis indicated that in Mesolithic times the buried soil would have been in a cleared area beside a small stream which was later subject to the inundation of the fenland saltmarsh as water levels rose. A number of post-medieval linear features were also recorded. |
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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: |
Land at Gaul Road, March |
Parish: |
MARCH |
District: |
Fenland |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 540650, 296850 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol1-45630 |
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85/08 |
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A4 comb-bound
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |