Timberlake, S. (2012). Methwold Wetland Creation Site, Gills Farm, Wissington, Norfolk An Archaeological Evaluation and Auger Survey. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1026286. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Methwold Wetland Creation Site, Gills Farm, Wissington, Norfolk An Archaeological Evaluation and Auger Survey
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Abstract:		 Two 500m long auger borehole traverses and an archaeological trench evaluation were carried out at Gills Farm, Wissington near Methwold as part of an investigation of a buried sand island beneath the peat of Methwold Fen. This work was carried out in advance of the partial re-flooding of this former fen by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust in order to create a reedbed for use as a bird habitat. In 1989-90 the Fenland Survey undertook a programme of fieldwalking followed by an auger survey of the western part of the middle two fields, in which they identified two sites located upon emerging sand hills, both of these consisting of scatters of Earlier Neolithic pottery and flint. The recent auger survey commissioned by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit has helped to define the limits of this sand island and also to provide more comprehensive geological cross-sections of the Holocene sequence; in this case demonstrating the succession from Lower Fen Peat, to Fen Clay, silty mud and marl, wood peat, reed peat and finally the present cover of black dry peat. Five 30m long trenches were then dug at specified locations across the top of this sand island in order to investigate its archaeological potential. One of these trenches (Trench 5) located a thin buried soil with prehistoric finds including diagnostic fragments of Early Neolithic Mildenhall pottery, Rusticated Beaker and several Neolithic denticulated flint blades and waste flakes. Over 25m in diameter the latter site was buried beneath c. 0.4m of peat, and was located 100m to the east of the previously recorded sites. The discovery of this demonstrates the wider extent of early occupation, and also proves the existence of archaeology below the peat cover. A number of sample test pits were dug into the surviving buried soil, but only one of these produced a moderate number of finds. None of the soils sampled were waterlogged, and as a result the preservation of the environmental remains was moderately poor.
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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)
Norfolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: Gills Farm, Wissington, Methwold, Norfolk
Parish: METHWOLD
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Gills Farm Wissington
Location - Auto Detected: Lower Fen Peat
Location - Auto Detected: Methwold
Location - Auto Detected: Fenland Survey
Location - Auto Detected: Methwold Fen
Grid Reference: 565190, 296550 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Rusticated Beaker (Find)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Worked Flint (Find)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Buried Soil (Monus)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Buried Soil (Monus)
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Holocene (Auto Detected Temporal)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
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AUGER SURVEY (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
BURIED SOIL HORIZON (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-136207
OBIB: no.1131
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016