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OA East Report No: 2058

OASIS No: oxfordar3-311456

NGR: TL 2351 7221

Client: CgMs Consulting

Late Saxon to

medieval remains

at Edison Bell Way,

Huntingdon,

Cambridgeshire

July 2017

Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design

Po

st-Ex

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va

tion

Asse

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nt

Notes:

271800

272000

272200

272400

271800

272000

272200

272400

5232

00

5234

00

5236

00

5238

00

5232

00

5234

00

5236

00

5238

00

N

SiteSite

SiteSite

Scale 1:5000

0 250m

0 5 km

Scale 1:250,000

0 50 km

Scale 1:3,000,000

ECB4332

ECB184

ECB3573

HUNEBW16

ECB2153

ECB2833

ECB2947

ECB2104MCB16823

MCB3261

MCB18503

MCB17983

Figure 1: HUNEBW16 site location and Historic Environment Record numbers of interest

272180

5234

70

272190

272200

272210

272220

272230

5234

80

5234

90

5235

00

5235

10

5235

20

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Figure 2: All features plan

Limit of excavation

Evaluation trench

Sondage

Machined level

Baulk

Projected feature

Truncation

Archaeological feature

Archaeological deposit

Clay deposit

Natural feature

Root

Waterlogged

Water channel

Field drain

Modern

Concrete

Pottery

Chalk

Stone

Brick

Charcoal

Sand

Gravel surface

Wood

Excavated slot

N

Scale 1:250

0 20 m10

272150

27220052

3450

5235

00

5235

50

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Figure 3: All features plan showing adjacent HUNTLR13 excavations

HUNEBW16

HUNTLR13

HUNTLR13

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N

Limit of excavation

Evaluation trench

Sondage

Machined level

Baulk

Projected feature

Truncation

Archaeological feature

Archaeological deposit

Clay deposit

Natural feature

Root

Waterlogged

Water channel

Field drain

Modern

Concrete

Pottery

Chalk

Stone

Brick

Charcoal

Sand

Gravel surface

Wood

Excavated slotScale 1:500

0 40 m20

272180

5234

70

272190

272200

272210

272220

272230

5234

80

5234

90

5235

00

5235

10

5235

20

581 582

581

637634

560550 687

685=707

373

366

707=685

503

696

697698

366

668

380525529

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Figure 4: Period 1 - Iron Age/ Roman

N

Scale 1:250

0 20 m10

Limit of excavation

Projected feature

Cut number

Period 1: Iron Age/Roman

118

272180

5234

70

272190

272200

272210

272220

272230

5234

80

5234

90

5235

00

5235

10

5235

20

175

433

508

383385

287

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Figure 4: Period 2 - Late Saxon/ Saxo Norman

N

Scale 1:250

0 20 m10

Limit of excavation

Projected feature

Cut number

Period 2: Late Saxon/Saxo Norman

118

272180

5234

70

272190

272200

272210

272220

272230

5234

80

5234

90

5235

00

5235

10

5235

20

259

780835

840

587

570

151

153

482

618

412 589

517

452

866

868

805

448

149

169

167

233 145

165

163

161

263

173

157155

134

132

130

128

315

291

383

297299

305

318

328

179

213

8

68

8

68

208207

270

195

250

692

731 779

818

311

324

234

585

485

534

489

459

730

202

215

202

373371

374

398

366

684

326

446

414

861

787

830

623

428

520 471

608

592475

443

301

243

192

238236245

380378

347356

352

468

136 171

267 303

307

842

7

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Figure 6: Period 3 - Medieval (Phases 1 and 2)

N

Scale 1:250

0 20 m10

Limit of excavation

Projected feature

Truncation

Machined level

Cut number

Period 3: Medieval

Phase 1: AD 1050-1200

Phase 2: AD 1150-1350

118

88

4

272180

5234

70

272190

272200

272210

272220

272230

5234

80

5234

90

5235

00

5235

10

5235

20

250

139

147

143

141

294

806

803

381

316

211184

500

778

360

878

836

414

662 622

429

627

859

799

772

873

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Figure 7: Period 3 - Medieval (Phase 3)

N

Scale 1:250

0 20 m10

Limit of excavation

Projected feature

Truncation

Cut number

Period 3: Medieval

Phase 3: AD 1350-1450

118

272180

5234

70

272190

272200

272210

272220

272230

5234

80

5234

90

5235

00

5235

10

5235

20

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Figure 8: Post-Medieval and Modern

N

Scale 1:250

0 20 m10

Limit of excavation

Projected feature

Truncation

Machined level

Cut number

Post-Medieval and

Modern

118

804

785

416

190

477

289

Plate 2: Pit 311, looking west

Plate 1: Pit 234, looking west

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Plate 4: Lower fills of Pond 250, looking west

Plate 3: Base of Pond 250, looking north-west

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Plate 6: Wood revetting and stone packing within cut 622

Plate 5: Pit 500, looking west

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Plate 8: Upper, post-medieval fills of pond 250, looking north-east

Plate 7: Wood revetting and stone packing within cut 622

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