| Title: |
Land Adjoining 68 Castle Street, Cambridge. An Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
20 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Two trial trenches were excavated in advance of the proposed construction of a residential building with a basement car park. The evaluation revealed substantial post-medieval truncation of the site, comprising areas of basementing/cellaring and other deep disturbance. A few Romano-British features had survived in part of the site (Trench 1). The latter consisted of a single north/south aligned ditch and a number of pits, the larger of the latter possibly from quarrying for sand/gravel and mark. Residual Roman finds were present in later contexts across the site. The majority of the remaining features on the site related to 19th and 20th century use of the site, and recent demolition episodes. Little evidence was found for the use of the site in the medieval period, though the deeper deposits in Trench 2 may have suggested a large infilled feature such as the later medieval castle ditch. The natural ground surface (a chalky marl) was encountered at a much shallower level in Trench 1 than Trench 2, indicative of deeper ground disturbance in this part of the site. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Nick A Crank
J Murray
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| Publisher: |
Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND ADJOINING 68 CASTLE STREET, CAMBRIDGE
Study area: 0.0391ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Cambridge
Monument: [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), FEATURE. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), WALL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Roman (AD43-410), PIPELINE. Modern (1901-present), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), EXTRACTIV
Ngr: TL44445930
Parish:
Postcode: CB3 0AS
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
