Brittain, M. (2020). Land South of Wilberforce Road, Cambridge. An Archaeological Evaluation. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1092764. Cite this using datacite

Title
Title
The title of the publication or report
Title:		 Land South of Wilberforce Road, Cambridge. An Archaeological Evaluation
Series
Series
The series the publication or report is included in
Series:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
Downloads
Downloads
Any files associated with the publication or report that can be downloaded from the ADS
Downloads:
cambridg3-407612_1.pdf (14 MB) : Download
Licence Type
Licence Type
ADS, CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY 4.0 NC.
Licence Type:
ADS Terms of Use and Access icon
ADS Terms of Use and Access
DOI
DOI
The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5284/1092764
Publication Type
Publication Type
The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book
Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
Abstract
Abstract
The abstract describing the content of the publication or report
Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was conducted on land (1.45ha) formerly occupied by Grange Farm (established in 1823 as St John's New Farm) and passing through which is Akeman Street, Roman Cambridge's southern approach. Seven trenches and four test pits were opened, in addition to four trenches previously opened and reported on in 2013. No prehistoric features or artefacts were encountered, though colluvium may have begun to form across the site during the later Iron Age. Akeman Street traversed the site over a northeast-southwest orientation. It was up to 15.0m wide between its roadside ditches, with an agger of gravel over sandy clay to a maximum thickness of 0.3m. The agger was constructed over the early colluvium. A small amount of Roman pottery and animal bone came from two of the three ditches. The road was sealed by a second layer of colluvium. No historical occupation was evident prior to the construction of the post-Medieval farm buildings. This produced material and evidence for construction across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author
Author
The authors of this publication or report
Author:		 M. Brittain
Publisher
Publisher
The publisher of the publication or report
Publisher:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Year of Publication
Year of Publication
The year the book, article or report was published
Year of Publication:		 2020
Locations
Locations
Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published.
Locations:
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Cambridge
Country: England
Parish: Cambridge, unparished area
Grid Reference: 543458, 258429 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods associated with this record.
Subjects / Periods:
ROAD (Monument Type England)
ROMAN ROAD (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
TEST PIT (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Identifiers
Identifiers
Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc.
Identifiers:
OASIS Id: cambridg3-407612
OBIB: CAU Report no.1461
Note
Note
Extra information on the publication or report.
Note:		 This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
Source
Source
Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in.
Source:
Source icon
OASIS (OASIS)
Relations
Relations
Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report
Relations:
Created Date
Created Date
The date the record of the pubication was first entered
Created Date:		 19 May 2022