Mordue, J. (2013). Mingay Solar Extension, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1113319. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Mingay Solar Extension, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The fieldwork comprised the excavation of 49 trenches. Trenches 38 and 39 were not excavated due to excessive surface water and are not shown on Figure 2. Forty-five trenches were 50m in length; the remaining trenches varied between 25m and 90m in length. All trenches were 2m wide. An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in November 2013 on land adjacent to Mingay Solar Farm, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire. Forty-nine trenches were excavated. The evaluation recorded a dispersed pattern of shallow archaeological features, comprising pits, ditches and possible postholes. There was no artefactual dating evidence in the excavated features, but they were cut into the geological substrate and alluvial deposits pre-dating the onset of peat formation in the late Bronze Age (1100–700 BC). The nature of the features is not clear. No artefactual material was recovered, despite an informal walkover survey of the site and use of a metal detector on the spoil from the trenches and the ground surfaces adjacent to the trenches. The small number of features and absence of finds might suggest that prehistoric activity at the site was not intensive; however, early prehistoric sites do not typically produce large amounts of artefactual material. The evaluation also recorded a series of drainage ditches corresponding to a drainage system depicted on late 19th-century cartographic sources. There was evidence that the site had previously contained a more intensive drainage system, similar to that visible in the adjacent fields on 19th-century mapping.
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Author:		 J Mordue
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Publisher:		 Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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County: Cambridgeshire
District: East Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Parish: Wilburton
Grid Reference: 546968, 272670 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE DITCH (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
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BRONZE AGE POST HOLE (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL DRAINAGE DITCH (Tag)
DRAINAGE DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cotswold2-514034
Report id: 13615
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Created Date:		 19 Oct 2023