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Title:

Land off Third Drove, Fengate, Peterborough: An Archaeological Evaluation 1998, Final Report

Series:

Birmingham Archaeology unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1032373

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

An evaluation was carried out at a site which was located across the western edge of the Fengate/Flag Fen system, a prehistoric landscape where evidence dating from the Neolithic to the Iron Age had been recorded. The site had been sub-divided into three areas for the purposes of the assessment. A scatter of pits, post-holes and related features of Neolithic-Bronze Age date was identified within Area 1, in Trenches 1-4. Of particular potential significance was the possible longevity of elements of this settlement, which could have extended from the Later Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. Bronze Age ditches and a bank were identified in Trenches 3 and 4 which may have formed a droveway within the larger Fengate Bronze Age field system. Trench 4 revealed a complex of Middle and Late Iron Age features which formed part of a larger settlement excavated to the south-east of the site in 1992. Four phases of Iron Age activity could be distinguished, and evidence indicated that the site was stratified and had probably not been disturbed by Romano-British activity. Within Area 2, a number of palaeochannels and other natural features were revealed. The base of a possible ditch, a further undated feature and a bank and ditch which may have formed part of a Bronze Age field system/enclosures identified in the vicinity were also revealed, and sherds of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery were recovered. Within Area 3, three ditches were revealed which contained no datable pottery but which had probably been associated with Bronze Age and Iron Age field systems identified at the Cat's Water sub-site to the north. The density of archaeological deposits within the western half of Area 3 may have been lower than could have been expected, especially considering the density of features excavated at the Cat's Water sub-site. It appeared that most of the Iron Age settlement had in fact been recorded within the limits of this sub-site excavation. One poorly-defined, shallow pit in Area 3 may have been of Neolithic origin. It was concluded that any potential impact on the zones of identified archaeological interest within the site would depend upon the nature of any proposed development scheme, but that mitigation could be possible either through scheme design or by archaeological excavation, if necessary. [AIP]

Author:

Richard Cuttler

Publisher:

Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit
Birmingham Archaeology

Year of Publication:

1998

Locations:

Site:	Land off Third Drove, Fengate, Peterborough
District:	City of Peterborough
Parish:	Null
Country:	England
Location - Auto Detected:	Cats Water

Grid Reference: 521450, 298540 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	COLLARED URN (Object England)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	CORE (Object England)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	FLAKE (Object England)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	INSECT REMAINS (Object England)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)	MICROLITH (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	PLANT REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	PLANT REMAINS (Object England)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	POT BOILER (Object England)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	SCRAPER (TOOL) (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)	SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	WEIGHT (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	BANK (EARTHWORK) (Monus)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	DITCH (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	DROVEWAY (Monus)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	GULLY (Monus)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	PALAEOCHANNEL (Monus)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	PIT (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)	SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
Fengate Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Later Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)

Identifiers:

OBIB:

Report No. 0515.01

Note:

Date Of Issue From: 1998 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: LAND OFF THIRD DROVE, FENGATE, PETERBOROUGH
Study area: 14.68ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Peterborough UA
Monument:
Ngr: TL21209825
Parish:
Postcode: PE1 5XE

Source:

Grey Literature Scanning projects (Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit)

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Created Date:

30 Aug 2017