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Monument Type(s):

• PIT (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
• POST HOLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• POST BUILT STRUCTURE? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds:

• BURNT FLINT (Undated)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Undated)
• AWL (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• PENDANT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• SADDLE QUERN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• SHERD (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
• SPINDLE WHORL (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 800 BC to 101 BC)
• WORKED OBJECT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• WORKED OBJECT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Events:

• Excavations at 36-42 Newmarket Road, Burwell, 2005 (Ref: BUR NER 05)

Full description

1. An area excavation revealed evidence of an previously unknown Iron Age settlement. Features included two large pits of early-middle Iron Age which contained a range of artefacts and ecofacts, which may have been deliberately placed, including a pierced pine marten mandible and several near complete pottery vessels. A few smaller pits and numerous postholes were also found, which may indicate the presence of structures and fences.

<1> Bailey, G.D. with Shepherd Popescu, E., 2006, Iron Age 'Ritual' Pits at Newmarket Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire. An Archaeological Excavation (Unpublished report). SCB19925.

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