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23a - 27 West Street, St Ives, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Excavation and Monitoring. Post Excavation Assessment. and Analysis. Rev 2 |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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preconst1-325460_1.pdf (5 MB)
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Archaeological excavation carried out by Pre-Construct Archaeology on land at 23a - 27 West Street, St Ives, Cambridgeshire between December 2017 and January 2019. Watching briefs on the construction of foundations and services were conducted throughout the summer of 2018, and between 10-12 October 2018 an archaeological excavation was carried out along the length of a service trench along the eastern driveway. The final stage of the investigations was a watching brief on the installation of a drainage chamber ('pumping station') on 18 January 2019. Three excavation areas in the area of the Terraced Block (Area 2) at the front of the site and The Bungalow (Area 1) at the back of the site, and the service trench along the driveway, revealed 19th century wall foundations, matching with cottages and outhouses shown on the 1886 first edition OS map, a 19th century garden soil and intercutting post-medieval refuse pits. Two possible medieval pits were also partially revealed within the limits of excavation Area 1; further pits containing assemblages of medieval (12th-14th-century) pottery were present in the service trench along the driveway, although the medieval pottery was present residually alongside post-medieval CBM and/ or pottery. The finds assemblage retrieved from the features is typical of urban domestic refuse with no evidence for industrial or agricultural processing on the site itself. Artefacts associated with the 19th century dwellings showed no high-status objects and confirmed that the buildings were most likely workers' cottages. |
Author: |
Christiane Meckseper
T Learmonth
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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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Locations: |
District: |
Huntingdonshire |
Parish: |
SAINT IVES |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Site: |
Land at West Street |
Grid Reference: 531140, 271500 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
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YARD
(Monument Type England)
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PIN
(Object England)
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BOTTLE
(Object England)
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WALL
(Monument Type England)
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ANIMAL REMAINS
(Object England)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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EXCAVATION
(Event)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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BRICK
(Object England)
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BUILDING
(Monument Type England)
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TOBACCO PIPE
(Object England)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
preconst1-325460 |
OBIB: |
R12015 |
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Note: |
Pdf file with PCA branded front and back page.
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Created Date: |
29 Oct 2021 |