Timberlake, S. (2013). Babraham Research Campus: Flood Compensation Scheme, Phase 2 Archaeological monitoring and recording July 2013. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051217. Cite this using datacite

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Babraham Research Campus: Flood Compensation Scheme, Phase 2 Archaeological monitoring and recording July 2013
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1051217
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In July 2013 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit carried out a programme of archaeological monitoring and recording during excavations for the second phase of the Flood Compensation Scheme at the Babraham Research Campus. This involved a topsoil and partial subsoil strip of two areas which lie close to the river frontage, thus 200m to the north-west of the archaeologically excavated R and D Land, and beyond the area of the main Roman settlement. No archaeology was revealed in Area A (0.28 ha), which in places was stripped down to the underlying chalk, but in Area B (0.39 ha) at the south end, a number of amorphous burnt flint spreads and pits of probable Neolithic - Early Bronze Age date were found during the digging of a balance pond and drain. These features were cut by a series of three narrow NW-SE to SSE-NNW trending ditches of probable Roman date. To the north-east of this excavation a field walk and metal detecting survey of the stripped topsoil revealed an interesting but mixed-up assemblage of material which included Mesolithic - Early Bronze Age flint, minor amounts of Roman pottery, lead scrap and a coin, plus a slightly better assemblage of Medieval metalwork including a well-preserved Henry III silver penny, a number of 12th-14th century copper-alloy buckles and straps, and a few Postmedieval - modern finds. The shallow depth of necessary excavation within this area meant that the natural flint-filled hollow and other features revealed during the trench evaluation in March 2012 were not re-examined.
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Simon Timberlake
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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2013
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Site: Babraham Research Campus
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: BABRAHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 550681, 251008 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUCKLE (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) BURNT FLINT (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) CASTING WASTE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) POLISHED AXE (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ARTEFACT SCATTER (Monument Type England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) ARTEFACT SCATTER (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-164134
OBIB: no.1194
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25 page grey report with location map, site and trench plan with features, artefact distribution map,drawn sections nd colour photos from excavation. bound with plastic front and card end page
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22 Mar 2019