Magna Park: Archaeological and Palaeo-Environmental Investigations.

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This investigation at Magna Park, Stanground, Peterborough explored the palaeoenvironmental . Work involved a series of test pits to explore the presence of buried soils beneath the peat. Where buried soils were found, artefact densities were characterized by hand-sorting artefacts. This data was used to build a terrain model for the prehistoric land surface. A number of evaluation trenches were then excavated, targeting areas of high potential. Finds in the north field included an area metaling dating to the Mesolithic; Neolithic pits containing Grooved Ware pottery along with worked flint and animal bone. Finds in the south field were dominated by two major features: a large scale earthwork (comprising a substantial ditch and bank) and an extensive post alignment. Less significant features included some small pits, a metaled surface and a rubble-built causeway. Around the post alignment were found Late Bronze Age/Early iron Age pottery, suggesting a date comparable with the Flag Fen and Must Farm post alignments a few kilometres away. Radiocarbon dating of wood found under the bank placed the bank c.1210–1010 BC.