Arc haeol Land at Black Peak Farm Melbourn o Cambridgeshire gical E Archaeological v Evaluation Report aluation Repor March 2017 Client: CgMs on behalf of Lightsource Renewable Energy OA East Report No: 1698 OASIS No: oxfordar3-245212 NGR: TL 405 441 t Land at Black Peak Farm, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire Archaeological Evaluation and Watching Brief By Stuart Ladd BA MA PCIfA With contributions by Lawrence Billington BA MA, Chris Faine, James Fairbairn, Rachel Fosberry ACIfA, Alice Lyons BA MA MCIfA, Sarah Percival BA MA MCIfA, Vida Rajkovača BA Editor: Richard Mortimer MCIfA Illustrator: Stuart Ladd BA MA PCIfA and Charlotte Davies MPhil Report Date: December 2016 © Oxford Archaeology East Page 1 of 110 Report Number 1698 Report Number: 1698 Site Name: Land at Black Peak Farm, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire HER Event No: ECB4298 Date of Works: October 2014-March 2015 & December 2015 Client Name: CgMs for Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd. 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Oxford Archaeology East, 15 Trafalgar Way, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8SQ t: 01223 850500 f: 01223 850599 e: [email protected] w: http://thehumanjourney.net/oaeast © Oxford Archaeology East 2017 Oxford Archaeology Limited is a Registered Charity No: 285627 © Oxford Archaeology East Page 2 of 110 Report Number 1698 Table of Contents Summary.....................................................................................................................................10 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................11 1.1 Location and scope of work.....................................................................................11 1.2 Geology and topography..........................................................................................11 1.3 Archaeological and historical background................................................................11 1.4 Acknowledgements..................................................................................................16 2 Aims and Methodology..........................................................................................................17 2.1 Aims.........................................................................................................................17 2.2 Methodology.............................................................................................................17 3 Evaluation Trench Results....................................................................................................19 3.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................19 3.2 Natural Hollows........................................................................................................19 3.3 Bran Ditch Precursors and Track E.........................................................................19 3.4 Trench 1 (Figure 6)..................................................................................................19 3.5 Trench 2...................................................................................................................19 3.6 Trench 3...................................................................................................................20 3.7 Trench 4...................................................................................................................20 3.8 Trench 5...................................................................................................................20 3.9 Trench 6...................................................................................................................21 3.10 Trench 7.................................................................................................................21 3.11 Trench 8.................................................................................................................21 3.12 Trench 9.................................................................................................................21 3.13 Trenches 10, 11, 12, 13.........................................................................................22 3.14 Trench 14 (Figure 7)..............................................................................................22 3.15 Trenches 15, 16.....................................................................................................22 3.16 Trench 17...............................................................................................................22 3.17 Trench 18...............................................................................................................22 3.18 Trench 19...............................................................................................................23 3.19 Trench 20...............................................................................................................23 3.20 Trench 21...............................................................................................................23 3.21 Trench 22 (Figure 8)..............................................................................................23 3.22 Trench 23...............................................................................................................24 3.23 Trench 24 (Figure 7)..............................................................................................24 3.24 Trench 25...............................................................................................................25 © Oxford Archaeology East Page 3 of 110 Report Number 1698 3.25 Trench 26...............................................................................................................25 3.26 Trench 27...............................................................................................................26 3.27 Trench 28...............................................................................................................26 3.28 Trench 29...............................................................................................................26 3.29 Trench 30...............................................................................................................27 3.30 Trench 31...............................................................................................................27 3.31 Trench 32...............................................................................................................28 3.32 Trench 33...............................................................................................................29 3.33 Trench 34...............................................................................................................29 3.34 Trench 35...............................................................................................................29 3.35 Trench 36 (Figure 9)..............................................................................................29 3.36 Trench 37...............................................................................................................29 3.37 Trench 38...............................................................................................................30 3.38 Trench 39...............................................................................................................30 3.39 Trench 40 (Figure 10)............................................................................................30 3.40 Trench 41...............................................................................................................30 3.41 Trench 42 (Figure 7)..............................................................................................30 3.42 Trench 43 (Figure 10)............................................................................................31 3.43 Trench 44...............................................................................................................31 3.44 Trench 45...............................................................................................................32 3.45 Trench 46 (Figure 9)..............................................................................................32 3.46 Trench 47 (Figure 10)............................................................................................32