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Cambridge Rowing Lake, Milton Landbridge and Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Archaeological Investigation Report |
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Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
September to October 2003. Oxford Archaeology carried out a stage 1 mitigation at the south end of the proposed rowing course sited to the north of Cambridge. The work comprised of twenty one trenches and a detailed geo-archaeological recording of the alluvial sequence in each trench. A pit and a post hole, both containing Bronze Age pottery, were discovered in trench 18, on what would appear to be a raised gravel island towards the north end of the area under investigation. At the southern end, a middle Iron Age pit and two pits of Roman date were recorded in trench 3. Roman activity on the floodplain was represented by a small number of linear ditches and were probably used to drain the area for use as pasture and to define track ways.The palaeo-environmental indicators suggest that the northern half of the area may have existed as a back-swamp, while the southern half was damp grassland or medow. During or shortly after the Roman period fen conditions developed, resulting in the formation of a layer of peat across the entire area. There was no evidence for subsequent human occupation until the post-medieval period. |
Author: |
Andrew Simmonds
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2003
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Cambridge Rowing Lake |
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Cambridgeshire |
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Cambridge |
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CAMBRIDGE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 549000, 263500 (Easting, Northing)
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oxfordar1-47866 |
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A4, plastic spiral bound
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Created Date: |
22 Oct 2020 |