Archaeological Evaluation at Alconbury Weald Enterprise Zone Archaeological Evaluation Report June 2015 Client: CgMS OA East Report No: 1768 OASIS No: oxfordar3-212519 NGR: TL 1975 7684 Archaeological Evaluation Report
oxfordar3-212519 Archaeological Evaluation at Alconbury Weald Enterprise Zone 06-04-2015 03-06-2015 Yes Yes STUALE15 1201158OUT Planning condition Rural Residential Ditch Roman 43 to 410 Pottery Roman 43 to 410 Pit Roman 43 to 410 Bone Uncertain Posthole Bronze Age -2.5k to -700 Flint Bronze Age -2.5k to -700 Cambridgeshire Huntingdon The Stukeleys Alconbury Weald Alconbury Airfield Huntingdon 3960sq m TL 1975 7684
OA EAST Cambridgeshire County Council CgMS James Drummond-Murray (OA East) Kat Nicholls (OA East) CCC Stores OA East CCC Stores STUALE15 STUALE15 STUALE15 Notes:
Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768
Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768 Key Development Phase Boundary CA 2013 Excavation Area OAE Previous phases of work OA East 2015 Excavation Area TR1 Trench Limit of Excavation Archaeological Feature Excavated Segment Modern Natural Feature Excavated Segment Break of Slope Unopened trench TR13 TR86 TR85 TR84 TR83 TR78 TR82 TR79 TR80 TR81 Figure 2: Trench location plan TR1 TR2 TR4 TR3 TR5 TR6 TR8 TR7 TR9 TR10 TR12 TR19 TR11 TR20 TR14 TR18 TR17 TR15 TR16 TR87 TR88 TR76 TR77 TR75 TR72 TR73 TR74 TR71 TR70 TR25 TR26 TR24 TR23 TR27 TR28 TR22 TR21 TR29 TR32 TR31 TR35 TR59 TR58 TR60 TR57 TR62 TR61 TR63 TR64 TR65 TR66 TR67 TR68 TR69 TR33 TR34 TR30 TR37 TR39 TR38 TR36 TR40 TR41 TR42 TR44 TR43 TR45 TR55 TR46 TR56 TR47 TR54 TR48 TR52 TR53 TR49 TR50 TR51 0 100 m 1:3000 N
TR1 Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768 TR7 TR3 19 17 149 4 21 26 TR9 72 70 62 68 64 66 23 S.25 TR5 28 1 57 S.1 59 15 30 Figure 3: Detail of archaeological features: north-west corner of the development area TR10 TR6 48 45 43 51 49 TR2 TR8 37 6 TR4 8 12 36 TR48 98 S.1 Key Development Boundary Trench Archaeological Feature Excavated Segment Furrow Excavated Segment Modern Natural Feature Excavated Segment Break of Slope Context Section TR25 TR24 TR23 76 TR22 55 TR21 0 20 m 1:500 N
Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768 TR54 TR52 S.48 S.35 139 147 100 TR50 83 80 TR51 93 Figure 4: Detail of archaeological features: eastern edge of the development area Key Development Boundary TR48 Trench Archaeological Feature Excavated Segment Deposit Excavated Segment Modern Natural Feature Excavated Segment Break of Slope 98 Context S.34 Section 92 97 TR49 98 S.34 0 20 m 1:500 TR48 N
Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768 W 146 NNW Section 1, Trench 1 0 1 m 1:25 Figure 5: Selected sections 2 67 3 Section 25, Trench 9 E W 48.0mOD 66 2 SSE 47.3mOD 1 E 140 142 141 144 145 143 Section 34, Trench49 99 2 98 W Section 48, Trench 49 49.0mOD 5 SSE 146 Section 35, Trench 49 101 100 138 3 147 NNW 1 Sample Pot 49.0mOD 139 E 48.9mOD
Plate 1: Furrow 23. Photograph taken from the north Plate 2: Roman ditch 92. Photograph taken from the south-west Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768
Plate 3: Trench 49 with concrete in the foreground and Roman ditches 98 and 100 in the beyond. Photograph taken from the north-east Plate 4: Roman enclosure ditch 147. Photograph taken from the south-east Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768
Plate 5: Trench 52 with old airfield building behind. Photograph taken from the west Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1768
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