Bingham, K. and Haygreen, J. (2020). 70 WHITECROFT ROAD, MELDRETH - ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION - RESEARCH ARCHIVE REPORT. Hertford: Archaeological Solutions Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1088653. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 70 WHITECROFT ROAD, MELDRETH - ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION - RESEARCH ARCHIVE REPORT
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In October 2019, Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) conducted an archaeological excavation at 70 Whitecroft Road, Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. The excavation was undertaken to provide for the requirements of a planning condition attached to planning approval for the proposed erection of nine dwellings and associated access. It was required by the LPA, based on advice from Cambridgeshire County Council Historic Environment Team (CCC HET). The excavation was preceded by an archaeological trial trench evaluation (Locke and Podbury 2019). The trial trench evaluation recorded post-medieval furrows that correspond with the alignment of historic field boundaries, and residual sherds of medieval pottery in the subsoil. The principal archaeological feature present was a large hollow which contained flint and pottery of early Neolithic date. The hollow contained multiple silty grey fills which appear to represent the accumulation of material through alluvial action. The subsequent excvavation was focussed on the area in which the hollow was identified. The area was stripped and the hollow was investigated through a programme of systematic test pitting, comprising a series of gridded test pits excavated in a chequerboard pattern across 50% of the hollow. The test pits measured 2m x 2m and dry sieving of the deposits was undertaken. Finds recovered from the hollow demonstrated Neolithic activity in the area during the period in which the lower fill accumulated. The upper fill contained artefactual evidence predominantly of Roman and medieval date. In addition, a ditch of probable medieval date was recorded.
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Author:		 K Bingham
J Haygreen
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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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: 70 Whitecroft Road
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: MELDRETH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 537320, 245860 (Easting, Northing)
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NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) BLADE (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) CORE (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) END SCRAPER (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) FLAKE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) HOLLOW (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-407089
OBIB: R5966
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021