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Richard Mortimer, « An Archaeological Assessment at King's Dyke, Whittlesey (Area A) », Apollo - Entrepôt de l'université de Cambridge, ID : 10670/1.b3768e...
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The Cambridge Archaeological Unit carried out an evaluation on 11.25 hectares at the King’s Dyke brick pit, Whittlesey (TL 240 980). The work was carried out between 13 and 28 October 1995, and was funded throughout by Hanson Brick. Evaluation involved fieldwalking, evaluation trenches and 5x5 metre ‘test stations’. In total, 2340 square metres or 2.1% of the site was opened. In western and central parts of the site, the evaluation uncovered an area of Romano-British settlement of significant archaeological importance, blanketed in midden-like and artefact-rich ‘black earth’. Also uncovered were remains of a roadway, which may form part of the Roman Fenland Causeway. Far less material was retrieved from the eastern and southern parts of the site, although a cylindrical loom-weight dating to the Bronze Age attests to Bronze Age occupation in the area.
