Cox, N. and Webb, R. (2020). Land to the Rear of No. 79 High Street, Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge).

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Title:		 Land to the Rear of No. 79 High Street, Meldreth, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series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:		 Between the 12th and 14th of August 2019, and the 3rd and 5th March 2020 Oxford Archaeology East conducted two phases of an archaeological evaluation on land to the rear of No. 79 High Street, Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. The first phase trenches revealed a layer of alluvium in the north-western corner of the site, adjacent to a small watercourse located beyond the site's western boundary. Archaeological features included a series of north-to-south and east to west aligned ditches and a small number of discrete features including a posthole and two large pits. The second phase trenches revealed four pits and three small ditches on north-west to south-east and north to south alignments. Dateable finds were scarce but included a small quantity of Roman pottery, glass and ceramic building material, all thought to be residual, and a small assemblage of Middle Anglo-Saxon pottery and an iron knife blade of the same date from two pits in Trench 2. These pits, and several of the ditches, also produced small quantities of animal bone (amphibians, cattle, fish, horse, sheep/goat, pig and bird), and, whilst environmental remains were generally poorly preserved, sampling of several features produced small quantities of charred grain, legumes and weed seeds. One ditch from the second phase produced a large sherd of Roman pottery and a fragment of flue tile, another contained fragments of post-medieval pottery. The majority of features from this phase produced small quantities of animal bone. Although many of the features recorded remain undated, the pits in Trench 2, and at least some of the ditched boundaries, are thought to relate to Middle Saxon activity, and may be associated with settlement of this date in this part of the village.
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Author:		 N Cox
R Webb
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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:		 2020
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Site: Land to rear of 79 High Street
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: MELDRETH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 537420, 246220 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) KNIFE (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WHETSTONE (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-364074
OBIB: OAE report 2366
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Note:		 A4 paper bound report
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URI: https://library.oxfordarchaeology.com/5809/
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Created Date:		 22 Oct 2020