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Phase 1, Fairham Pastures, West of Nottingham Road, Clifton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire: Scheme of Archaeological Mitigation (Targeted Excavation) Report |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln) unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
The scheme of archaeological mitigation consisted of four targeted excavation areas. These were to be initially investigated by the excavation of trenches or small areas, which were to be extended as necessary until a sufficient area had been investigated to answer the research questions formulated for this project. The initial excavation areas/trenches were located using GPS, and checked for buried services using a Cable Avoidance Tool before machining commenced; as the site is a known UXO risk, a survey for unexploded ordnance had been made before any site work took place. Topsoil and subsoil layers were removed separately under archaeological supervision, using a tracked 360º excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket. Machine excavation ceased at the first archaeological horizon, or at the surface of the natural geology where no archaeological remains were present, and was followed by the manual cleaning and excavation of all archaeological features exposed, the recovery of artefactual or ecofactual remains, and detailed recording. Archaeological sample excavation was carried out in accordance with the approved WSI. The archaeological programme revealed a palimpsest landscape with several phases of activity and occupation. Pit alignments, believed to be Neolithic, were exposed in three of the four works areas, with an enclosure that may also have been of Neolithic date. An enclosure and a small cremation cemetery were provisionally ascribed to the Bronze Age, although dating evidence was limited. Activity became more intense in the Iron Age, with a sequence of enclosures including evidence for habitation and possible arable agriculture. A multiple ditch running along the former line of one of the pit alignments also seems likely to have been in use during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. |
| Author: |
L Brocklehurst
Rachel Savage
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Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Nottinghamshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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| Year of Publication: |
2021
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| Locations: |
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Rushcliffe |
| Country: |
England |
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Nottinghamshire |
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Barton in Fabis |
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Grid Reference: 453835, 332967 (Easting, Northing)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE PIT
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UNCERTAIN ENCLOSURE
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ENCLOSURE
(Monument Type England)
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LATE BRONZE AGE CREMATION CEMETERY
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MIDDLE IRON AGE ENCLOSURE
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EXCAVATION
(Event)
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NEOLITHIC ENCLOSURE
(Tag)
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NEOLITHIC PIT ALIGNMENT
(Tag)
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE ENCLOSURE
(Tag)
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PIT ALIGNMENT
(Monument Type England)
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE PIT
(Tag)
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CREMATION CEMETERY
(Monument Type England)
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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MIDDLE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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MIDDLE IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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| OASIS Id: |
preconst3-413591 |
| OBIB: |
2424 |
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| Created Date: |
21 Dec 2023 |
