Archaeological Evaluation Report

The Former Bus Depot Stukeley Road Huntingdon

Archaeological Evaluation Report

July 2009

Client: Exchange Developments

OA East Report No: 1112 OASIS No: 61438 NGR: TL 2330 7250



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Notes:

Drawing Conventions

Plans

Limit of Excavation

Deposit - Conjectured

Natural Features

Sondages/Machine Strip

Intrusion/Truncation

Illustrated Section S.14

Archaeological Deposit

Excavated Slot

Modern Deposit

Wall

Cut Number 118

Sections

Limit of Excavation

Cut

Cut-Conjectured

Deposit Horizon

Deposit Horizon - Conjectured

Intrusion/Truncation

Top Surface/Top of Natural

Break in Section/ Limit of Section Drawing

Cut Number 118 Deposit Number 117

Ordnance Datum 18.45m OD

Inclusions

Convention Key

© Oxford Archaeology East Page 18 of 22 Report Number 1112 A BB N Report Number 1112

523500 B

523400

0 2 km 523300 0 200m King's Lynn Ely 523200 The Wash Cambridge 0 25 km Huntingdon 5 100 The Fens

A 23 Peterborough 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 © Crown Copyright 2009 . All rights reserved. License No. AL 100005569 AL All rights reserved. License No. © Crown Copyright 2009 . 300 400 500 600 700 m O.D. 5 000 72 72 72 72 72

23 TL 2 2 2 2 2 Figure 1: Location of the development area (red) © Oxford Archaeology East © Oxford N N

Section 20 Trench 1

12.49m OD 10 16 S.8 Trench 2 12 S.9 14 Trench 4

18 Trench 3

S N WENS

76 ©Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence no. 10001998 78 80 77 81 79 20 Trench 1 82 83 63

84

35 23 25 45 39 29 41 43 27 37 Section 8 Section 9 95 47 S.13 NW SE NW SE 93 31

12.56m OD 12.60m OD 33 13 11 S.15 S.20 63 80 12 14

74 Section 15

79 77 SN 72 91 54 Section 13 70 SN 12.57m OD 12.80m OD Trench 2 36 40 38

41 37 39

32

33 Sections (1:20) Plan (1:100) 0 0.50 1.00m 0 5 10m

Figure 2: Street frontage and backplots (Trench 1 and 2)

© Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1112 N N

Trench 1

Trench 2

Trench 4

Trench 3

©Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence no. 10001998

1

S.1

S.2 Section 2 6 Trench 4 Trench 3 12.02m OD

9

NW SE

1 5 6

Plan (1:100) Section (1:20) 0 5 10m 0 0.50 1.00m

Figure 3: Activity to the rear of the site (Trench 3 and 4)

© Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1112 Plate 1: Site conditions (facing east)

Plate 2: Layer 66 overlying 87-89, Trench 2 (facing south west)

© Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1112 Plate 3: Trench 1 (facing north)

© Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1112 Plate 4: Structural postholes, Trench 1

Plate 5: Pit 54, Trench 2

© Oxford Archaeology East Report Number 1112 Plate 6: Boundary ditch 1, Trench 3

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