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Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire v1 Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design June 2018 Client: CgMs on behalf of Hopkins Homes Issue©Oxford No: Archaeologyv1 Ltd 28 June 2018 OA Reference No: MELNER17 NGR: TL 390 440 Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire v1 Client Name: CgMs on behalf of Hopkins Homes Client Ref No:. Document Title: Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire Document Type: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Report No.: 2189 Grid Reference: TL 390 440 Planning Reference: S/2791/14 Site Code: ECB5153 Invoice Code: MELNER17 Receiving Body: CCC Stores Accession No.: ECB5153 OA Document File Location: X:\Active Projects_Use KT\Cambridgeshire\MELNER17\Project Reports\PXA OA Graphics File Location: X:\Active Projects_Use KT\Cambridgeshire\MELNER17\Project Data\Graphics\PXA Issue No: v1 Date: June 2018 Prepared by: Stuart Ladd (Fieldwork Project Officer) Checked by: Richard Mortimer (Senior Project Manager) Edited by: Lawrence Billington Approved for Issue by: Paul Spoerry (Regional Manager) Signature: …………………………………………………………….. 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[email protected] w. oxfordarchaeology.com Oxford Archaeology is a registered Charity: No. 285627 ©Oxford Archaeology Ltd ii 28 June 2018 Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire v1 Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Written by Stuart Ladd BA MA PCIfA With contributions from Mary Andrews BA MA PCIfA, Lawrence Billington MA PhD, Sam Corke BSc MSc, Natasha Dodwell BA (Hons) MSc, Carole Fletcher HND BA (Hons) ACIfA, Rachel Fosberry ACIfA, Hayley Foster BA MA PhD, Nick Gilmour MA (Cantab) MA ACIfA, Ted Levermore MA (Cantab), Mairead Rutherford BA MSc, Denis Sami PhD, Simon Timberlake MSc PhD and illustrations by Charlotte Walton BA MPhil MCIfA Contents Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ ix Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................................ xi 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Geology and topography .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Archaeological background .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Original research aims and objectives........................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Fieldwork methodology ................................................................................................................................ 7 1.6 Project scope ................................................................................................................................................ 7 2 FACTUAL DATA: STRATIGRAPHY .............................................................................. 8 2.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Period 1.1: Earlier Neolithic .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Period 1.2: Early-Middle to Late Neolithic .................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Period 2.1: Early Bronze Age ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.5 Period 2.2: Middle Bronze Age ................................................................................................................... 11 2.6 Period 3: Roman ......................................................................................................................................... 13 2.7 Period 4: 7th-8th Century ........................................................................................................................... 14 2.8 Period 5: Medieval/Post-medieval .............................................................................................................. 14 2.9 Undated Features ....................................................................................................................................... 14 3 FACTUAL DATA: ARTEFACTS.................................................................................. 15 3.1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Metalwork by Denis Sami ........................................................................................................................... 15 ©Oxford Archaeology Ltd iii 28 June 2018 Land East of New Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire v1 3.3 Pottery by Nick Gilmour ............................................................................................................................. 15 3.4 Flint by Lawrence Billington ........................................................................................................................ 15 3.5 Worked and burnt stone by Simon Timberlake ........................................................................................... 15 3.6 Glass bead by Mary Andrews ...................................................................................................................... 15 3.7 Ceramic building material by Ted Levermore.............................................................................................. 16 3.8 Fired clay by Ted Levermore ....................................................................................................................... 16 4 FACTUAL DATA: OSTEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE ..................... 17 4.1 Human Skeletal Remains by Natasha Dodwell ............................................................................................ 17 4.2 Animal bone by Hayley Foster .................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Environmental Samples by Rachel Fosberry ............................................................................................... 17 4.4 Pollen by Mairead Rutherford .................................................................................................................... 17 4.5 Shell by Carole Fletcher .............................................................................................................................. 17 4.6 Molluscs by Sam Corke ............................................................................................................................... 18 4.7 Radiocarbon dating .................................................................................................................................... 18 5 STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL .................................................................................. 19 5.1 Stratigraphy ................................................................................................................................................ 19 5.2 Metalwork .................................................................................................................................................. 20 5.3 Pottery ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 5.4 Flint ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 5.5 Worked and burnt stone ............................................................................................................................ 20 5.6 Glass bead .................................................................................................................................................. 20 5.7 Ceramic building material ..........................................................................................................................