Santos, F. (2020). Land to Rear of 87a Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. Archaeological Trial Trenching.. Witham Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1111593. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land to Rear of 87a Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. Archaeological Trial Trenching.
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Series:		 Witham Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1111593
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Abstract:		 This report outlines the results of an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation undertaken by Witham Archaeology on land to the rear of 87a High Street, Ramsey. The project was commissioned by Mr. Robert Hodder in compliance with a condition of planning permission relating to the proposed demolition of existing buildings and the construction of a three bedroom dwelling. Information provided in the county's Historic Environment Record indicates that the site lies in an area of significant archaeological potential, within the historic core of Ramsey and 120m to the west of the site of Ramsey Abbey which is protected as a Scheduled Monument. Nearby investigations have identified stratified deposits of medieval and post-medieval date. The trial trenching revealed two made ground layers, one very recent and the other likely related to 19th century development on the site, which sealed the original topsoil. A mortar and stone surface was exposed in the northern part of site, truncated by a possible medieval or post medieval pit. A sequence of peat and clay was also exposed in a sondage excavated in the southern part of the site. Trial trenching at land rear of 87a High Street revealed a possible surface, truncated by a medieval pit in the northern part of trench 1. Owing to health and safety considerations it was not possible to expose these two features. The site is located in the historic core of Ramsey and possibly to the west of the precinct ditch boundary of Ramsey Abbey (RCHME 1926), and medieval activity on the site is not unexpected. Pit [108] was the earliest dated feature with finds dating from the late 12th Century to the 14th Century. In the western part of Trench 2 possible medieval or early post medieval Feature, sealed by relict topsoil, was also excavated, although dating for was not as certain as for Pit. The remaining contexts dated from the post medieval period. Some were very modern, such as the possible 19th century culvert, the foundation possibly mid 19th Century building which is still standing on the south-eastern part of site and currently used as a workshop, and trench for a water cable to supply a small modern shed in the south-west corner of site. The building recorded in the southeastern part of site is present on the 1st Edition 25 inch OS map from 1888-1889. The presence of the two peat layers and observed in trench 2 is probably explained by the low lying location of the site, as shown by the Fenland Project survey (Hall 1992, pp. 41-49), and a publication on the excavations at Ramsey Abbey (Spoerry et al. 2008, fig. 4). Despite the largely negative results of trial trenching the potential for archaeological remains elsewhere on the site cannot be completely discounted.
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Author:		 F. Santos
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Publisher:		 Witham Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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County: Cambridgeshire
Parish: Ramsey
Country: England
District: Huntingdonshire
Grid Reference: 528888, 285039 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT (Monument Type England)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
NONE DITCH (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL CONSTRUCTION TRENCH (Tag)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
POST MEDIEVAL POT (Tag)
MEDIEVAL PIT (Tag)
CONSTRUCTION TRENCH (Monument Type England)
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY (Event)
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY (Event)
MEDIEVAL POT (Tag)
POT (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
NONE (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: withamar1-383822
OBIB: Witham Archaeology Report no. 331
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Created Date:		 25 Jul 2023