The excavation was recorded under HER event number ECB 6227 and this was included on all project documentation. Unique context and drawing numbers were used, continuing sequentially from the evaluation stage of the project. Blocks of numbers were assigned to the different excavation areas. In order to extract the most archaeological information about the site, a number of areas were targeted for investigation. These were selected to expand on the discoveries made during the evaluation and to mitigate the impact of the proposed development. Preservation in situ was achieved in areas where the development impact was minimal. The following mitigation areas were agreed with CHET before the commencement of works and were subsequently outlined in the brief: " Area A (133m2): This was a linear, narrow east-west trench located at the north edge of the development area, excavated to define the extent of the feature tentatively identified as a pond in evaluation Trench 6 and a low-lying anomaly identified in the topographical survey. This area was extended c. 5m westwards to fully uncover a large ditch seen on the western edge during the site strip. " Area B (128m2): This area involved a deep, stepped excavation of a pond feature seen in Trench 6 of the evaluation (later interpreted as a hollow and possible waterhole). The excavation included comprehensive environmental sampling and geoarchaeological work. The area stripped was initially intended to be large enough to ensure that the area could be excavated in detail and the full depth attained. On site, this area was extended southwards by c. 3m to reveal the southern extent of the feature (see also site photo, Fig. 9). " Area C (150m2): This area was designed to examine the possible channel identified within the evaluation. The area was extended northwards slightly to join Area A, in order to investigate the relationships between ditches. " Area D: This comprised a baulk left within the site to provide a continuous running section through the area. Modern infilling to pond 1165 was recorded in the centre part of it. " Area E1 (860m2): This area was subject to full open area excavation to mitigate the most archaeological destructive elements of the development, and to investigate the multiple features seen in the evaluation on and around the platform that had been recorded through topographic survey. Provision for a two-stage strip was made so that a layer of clunch building material could be examined in plan before being stripped off to reveal the archaeological features and deposits beneath. Stratified archaeological land surfaces/made ground were encountered below the clunch, soils 1005 and 1086, and a 10% sample was hand-excavated through them in thirty 1m x 1m square test pits (Fig. 6 and 11) before machine stripping resumed to the top of the underlying features, which were cut into the chalk . " Area E2 (682m2): This area was also subject to full open area excavation to mitigate the development impact. A two-stage strip was carried out, sampling and recording the modern clunch layer before machine stripping to the top of the underlying archaeological horizon (Figs 6 and 11, site photo Fig. 10) " Area F (23m2): This was a short trench that ran to the back of the development area to the west, in order to verify as far as was possible the nature of the deposits into the fen edge to the west. A programme of archaeological investigation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology at Low Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, from July to October 2020, at the request of Artisan (UK) Developments Limited. Approximately 1,976m2 was excavated in six separate but mostly adjoining areas. The site lies on the western side of Burwell, relatively close to the south-eastern edge of the East Anglian fens.
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