Northborough, Peterborough

Posted Thu, 04/16/2009 - 07:47
Northborough, Cambridgeshire Northborough, Cambridgeshire Wessex Archaeology Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Videotext Communications Ltd to carry out archaeological recording and post-excavation analysis on an archaeological evaluation by Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’ at the Northborough Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Cambridgeshire (centred on NGR 515570 308450). The site, identified from cropmarks in 1996, has had no previous work undertaken, but lies just 1.8km east of the excavated causewayed enclosure at Etton. The main aim of the evaluation was to ascertain the character, date and condition of the site, as well as the extent of preservation and waterlogging in the ditches. The work was carried out from 7th-9th September 2004.The air photographic transcription showed that the enclosure comprises two pairs of concentric circuits of short ditch segments and causeways, forming an inner and an outer enclosure. It is one of five causewayed enclosures within a 10km wide area, with other probable prehistoric features, including cursus monuments, ring ditches, and field systems also identified in air photographs. All of the sites are located on the wide, low-lying plain that fringes the fenland north of Peterborough.
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