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Land North of Babraham Road, Sawston, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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preconst1-360299_1.pdf (8 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The trenching confirmed the archaeological origin of a number of linear geophysical anomalies in the north and east of the site. The other geophysical anomalies were either not present upon excavation or were of natural origin. The evaluation uncovered two linear features in the east of the site (Trenches 11 and 12), which had been identified by the earlier geophysical survey. Based on the surviving profiles of these features, it is suggested that they represent an east-west routeway consisting of a flat-bottomed 'hollow-way' flanked by a smaller boundary ditch. Both ditches contained Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age (c. 1150/1100-750 BC) pottery, suggesting occupation in the vicinity. The ditches also contained concentrations of Late Neolithic struck flints and knapping debris, suggesting that they were cut through earlier in-situ flint scatters. Further probable trackway and field boundary ditches were identified in the central northern area of the site (Trenches 3, 4 and 6) but the excavated slots produced no finds. A posthole directly adjacent to one of these ditches (Trench 3) contained early Roman (mid- to late-1st-century AD) pottery, but there was no stratigraphic relationship between the two features. The west and south of the site contain scattered natural features and undated pits; the topsoil and subsoil in the trenches in this area (16, 19-24) contained a low-density distribution of predominantly later prehistoric (Bronze Age-Iron Age) struck flint. |
Author: |
T Woolhouse
L Morgan-Shelbourne
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Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2019
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Locations: |
Parish: |
BABRAHAM |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Site: |
Land North of Sawston Road |
Country: |
England |
District: |
South Cambridgeshire |
Grid Reference: 549540, 250100 (Easting, Northing)
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preconst1-360299 |
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PCA Report No. R13768 |
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82 page bound A4 typed report with seven figures/ illustrations and 12 colour plates.
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13 Jan 2020 |