Mortimer, R. and Pickstone, A. (2011). Excavation of the Iron Age Ring Monument ' War Ditches' at the East Pit, Lime Kiln Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

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Title:		 Excavation of the Iron Age Ring Monument ' War Ditches' at the East Pit, Lime Kiln Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 This document forms the analytical report for the site archive generated by fieldwork undertaken by Oxford Archaeology East at the War Ditches Iron Age Ringwork, Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire (TL 4845 5555). The excavations took place between the 20th April and 17th June 2009. War Ditches was a large, probably circular enclosure, lying on a spur of the Gog Magog hills to the south of Cambridge. Much of the monument was destroyed as a result of quarrying for chalk. Had the monument survived, it would undoubtedly have acquired scheduled status as one of the key prehistoric monuments in the county. The emergency archaeological work supported by English Heritage was undertaken in advance of groundworks to open the site to the public as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust. The archaeological work entailed the excavation of a single trench across the ditch through the part of the surviving monument threatened by the groundworks. A small number of test pits and auger surveys were also carried out. The excavations recovered a large and well stratified finds assemblage which, alongside radiocarbon dating, has enabled the sequence to be accurately dated. The monument was constructed at the end of the 5th century BC or the beginning of the 4th century BC, and was destroyed shortly after construction. It was then abandoned and only re-occupied in the middle of the 1st century BC. The final infilling of the upper part of the ditch took place around the end of the 1st century AD.
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Author:		 Richard Mortimer
A Pickstone
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: East Pit, Lime Kiln Road, Cherry Hinton
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Cambridge
Parish: CAMBRIDGE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 548450, 255550 (Easting, Northing)
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IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) RING DITCH (Monument Type England)
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (Event)
FIELD SURVEY (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-91534
OBIB: OAE report 1208
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Note:		 A4 paper bound report - full excavation report
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URI: http://library.thehumanjourney.net/2924/
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Created Date:		 31 Jan 2019