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Caxton Gibbet, Caxton, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Evaluation. |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The north-west corner of the site is currently occupied by a derelict building, formerly the 'Yim Wah House' Chinese restaurant, with the remainder of the site consisting of a disused car park, areas of hard standing and waste ground, the latter largely covered in a dense thicket of scrub and small trees. The excavation of trial trenches in the car park and in the area of waste ground encountered no archaeological remains, other than a 19th-century drainage ditch containing a ceramic land drain, a relic of the site's former agricultural use. The evaluation established that the subsoil was largely undisturbed and that if any archaeological remains had been present they would have survived the development of the site in the 20th century. Modern services and refuse associated with the site's former use as a restaurant, and prior to that a public house, were recorded in three of the trenches. |
Author: |
CA (Cotswold Archaeology)
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Locations: |
Site: |
Caxton Gibbet |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
District: |
South Cambridgeshire |
Parish: |
ELSWORTH |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 529710, 260640 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-167119 |
OBIB: |
Report No. 13070 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |