Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 80

Report on survey work at a site thought to represent former fishponds but here diagnosed as a former water garden. Similar sites are documented and cartographic and documentary evidence researched to ascertain the date of construction, thought to be 1600 or before, but still uncertain.

Assessment and excavation in advance of road development revealed an area of occupation dating back to the Mesolithic and including a possible Neolithic to Early Bronze Age farmstead. A period of LIA to RB activity over four phases was also observed, probably indicating a small farm site that would have existed on the outskirts of Roman Godmanchester. Flint from the first two periods (Meso-Neo) was recovered, whilst pottery and burials, including an infant burial, amongst a network of ditches and enclosures marked the IA-RB period. An unusual bronze mount depicting a helmeted human head was also recovered, possibly AS in style.

Details work in the district including excavation, fieldwalking, earthwork surveys, and work by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, Fenland Archaeological Trust, and the Peterborough Museum.