Ashworth, H. (2017). Agricultural Buildings, 76 Main Street, Great Gidding, Cambs.: archaeological evaluation report. Heritage Network. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057043. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Agricultural Buildings, 76 Main Street, Great Gidding, Cambs.: archaeological evaluation report
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Series:		 Heritage Network unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In order to investigate the archaeological potential of a proposed residential development site at the Agricultural Buildings at Laurel Farm, 76 Main Street, Great Gidding, Cambridgeshire, the Heritage Network was commissioned to undertake a field evaluation by trial trenching. Four trenches were excavated during the present project, two of which measured 20m in length, and two were 10m in length. The archaeological fieldwork indicated that the ground has been subject to significant disturbance from at least the mid 19th century onwards. A considerable depth of modern overburden was encountered in all four trenches. Below this overburden was a layer of possibly redeposited natural clay containing significant amounts of black organic or burnt material. This may either reflect the site's use as a farmyard, or have come from the fire of 1861, which appears to have destroyed the earlier buildings on the site. The only cut feature encountered on the site was a north-west to south-east aligned wooden drain at the north-western end of Trench 3. This cut the clean natural clay below the redeposited natural and contained organic material. The alignment of this feature suggests that it may be related to a pump shown on late 19th century OS mapping. On the basis of the results of the evaluation, the risk that the proposed development might have a negative impact on remains of archaeological significance may be considered to be Low for all periods pre-dating the post-medieval.
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Author:		 Helen Ashworth ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Heritage Network
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Agricultural buildings, 76 Main Street
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
Parish: GREAT GIDDING
Country: England
Grid Reference: 511960, 283460 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DRAIN (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: heritage1-284041
OBIB: Report no. 1064
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Note:		 A4 booklet, comb bound, green cover, 14 text pages, 6 figures, 10 plates
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Created Date:		 11 Oct 2019