A Beaker Pit at Park Road, Brampton

During September 1993, Cambridgeshire Archaeology undertook an archaeological assessment of land at Park Road, Brampton (TL 2025/7085) The work was funded by Yelcon Homes, following a brief from the County Archaeology Office. Traces of ridge and furrow were visible in parts of the field but were not very pronounced. Covering the whole site was a layer of seasonally deposited silty clay alluvium. Beneath this layer was a small pit, probably domestic in origin, containing many fragments of Bronze Age Beaker vessels, including two handle sherds, as well as charcoal fragments and a few fragments of burnt bone. The pottery had been dated to the later Beaker period, c 1650-1450 BC.

The investigation revealed many natural features, including an ancient stream channel on the south-eastern edge of the site. These features were observed in the surface of the local bedrock, which consisted of inter-leaving layers and patches of clayey sands and gravels.