Lloyd-Smith, L. and Meckseper, C. (2018). Land at Shepreth Road, Foxton, Cambridgeshire, CB22 6SU: An Archaeological Evaluation. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1089632. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Shepreth Road, Foxton, Cambridgeshire, CB22 6SU: An Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological trial trench evaluation was carried out by Pre-Construct Archaeology on Land at Shepreth Road, Foxton, Cambridgeshire (NGR TL 4063 4816) between the 16th and 27th of April 2018. The evaluation confirmed the existence of several large boundary and enclosure ditches which had previously been identified during aerial photographic analysis, plus several additional ditches, pits and postholes. The evaluation demonstrated a good survival of archaeological features with a good but small assemblage of artefacts and environmental remains. A rectangular enclosure in the southern part of the site is dated to the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age and interpreted as a settlement enclosure, due to a moderately sized animal bone and charred grain assemblage within its fills plus a small fragment of Millstone Grit quernstone. Postholes within its interior may represent structural features. Other ditches in the eastern part of the site are most likely contemporary with the settlement enclosure and represent field boundaries and possible a large stock enclosure in the northern part of the site, which continues on the other side of Shepreth Road. A large linear boundary ditch in the western part of the site lies on a slightly different alignment from the enclosures and may be Iron Age to Roman in date, based on a small assemblage of pottery and brick within its fills. An old watercourse of the Foxton Brook, possibly contemporary with the Iron Age settlement, was recorded in the south-western corner of the site. Several of the trenches contained post-medieval quarry pits.
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Author:		 L Lloyd-Smith
Christiane Meckseper ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Other Person/Org:		 Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Parish: FOXTON
Site: Land at Shepreth Road
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
District: South Cambridgeshire
Grid Reference: 540530, 247860 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
SHERD (Object England)
TILE (Object England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
PALEOCHANNEL (Monus)
PIT (Monument Type England)
BRICK (Object England)
QUARRY (Monument Type England)
QUERN (Object England)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-317278
OBIB: R16263
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021