Title: |
Multi period occupation on land north-east of Papworth Everard |
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Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Between the 27th August and the 4th September 2015 OA East conducted an evaluation on 11.5ha of land to the north-east of Papworth Everard village in advance of a proposed housing development. Twenty nine evaluation trenches were excavated across the site. The evaluation found parts of two settlement sites at the extreme northern and southern extents of the evaluation. At the far southern side lay a Middle Bronze Age pit or ditch as well as Middle Iron Age enclosed settlement near the crest of a south facing slope. Two similar very large ditches were uncovered c.100m apart and survived to 3m wide and 1.25m deep and may be part of the same enclosure ditch. Within the enclosure features were sparse with a probable watering hole and a ditch. The relationship between a curvilinear ditch and the enclosure ditch was uncertain, but denoted there was at least two phases of Middle Iron Age occupation. A Middle Iron Age to Early Roman settlement lay 400m to the north of this southern settlement, located 'half way' down a north facing valley side at between c.35m and c.37m OD. A probable |
Author: |
Rob Atkins
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org: |
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Locations: |
Site: |
Land north-east of Papworth Everard Village |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Parish: |
PAPWORTH EVERARD |
District: |
South Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 528850, 263560 (Easting, Northing)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
oxfordar3-223786 |
OBIB: |
OAe report 1831 |
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Note: |
A4 paper bound report
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Created Date: |
08 Oct 2018 |