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Land North of The Shade, Soham, Cambridgeshire |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In July 2016, Archaeological Solutions Ltd carried out a magnetic gradiometer survey on 3.8 hectares of land north of The Shade, Soham, Cambridgeshire (NGR TL 5887 7471). The survey was commissioned to inform and support a planning application for a proposed residential development consisting of approximately 90 dwellings (Cambridgeshire County Council Planning Ref. 12/00247/OUM). The survey identified a series of NE-SW positive linear anomalies in the south-eastern portion of the survey area (1). These probably represent the ploughed-out remnants of ridge and furrow cultivation. These ridge and furrow appear to respect the footpath in the middle of Field B (2), which could indicate that the footpath has an ancient field boundary antecedent. A very weak small linear response forming an inverted 'L' shape (3) may also be of archaeological origin. The geophysical survey also identified several parallel weakly positive linear anomalies in the northern field that probably relate to modern ploughing activity (4), along with three very weak anomalies (5, 6 and 7), which may relate to field drains. |
Author: |
D Bescoby
Lauren Wilson
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Land North of The Shade, Soham, Cambridgeshire |
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SOHAM |
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East Cambridgeshire |
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Cambridgeshire |
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England |
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Cambridgeshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
The Shade Soham Cambridgeshire |
Grid Reference: 558870, 274710 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |