Brook, M. (2017). Fordham Abbey, 49 Fordham Road, Fordham, Cambridgeshire. Stowmarket, Suffolk: Britannia Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1043371. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Fordham Abbey, 49 Fordham Road, Fordham, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Britannia Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In October 2016 and January 2017 Britannia Archaeology Ltd (BA) undertook a trial trench evaluation on land at Fordham Abbey, 49 Fordham Road, Fordham, Cambridgeshire (NGR TL 6304 6963). A design brief issued by Cambridgeshire County Council Historic Environment Team required a programme of linear trial trenching to adequately sample the threatened area. The archaeological background suggested that the site had a potential of encountering archaeological remains dating to the Roman and medieval periods, with a specific potential for encountering archaeology associated with the former abbey that once stood on the site. The evaluation revealed three phases of activity on the site. Phase I, related to the single archaeological feature on the site, gully 1010 located in Trench 5. The gully was sealed by alluvial deposits and sadly was undated, however the construction of this gully pre-dates a historic inundation event that formed the alluvial layer above it (Phase II). Phase II related to the alluvial deposits associated with the nearby River Snail. The river is located approximately 200m east of the site. These alluvial deposits likely relate to sediments that have are deposited during flood conditions in the past. Phase III is associated with the pre-existing buildings that were present on the site which were recently demolished. The foundation runs of these buildings were present in two of the trenches. The demolition also resulted in the spread of a demolition layer across the central area of the site.
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Author:		 M Brook
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Publisher:		 Britannia Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Fordham Abbey, 49 Fordham Road
County: Cambridgeshire
District: East Cambridgeshire
Parish: FORDHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 563030, 269620 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) GULLY (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) LAYER (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: britanni1-264940
OBIB: R1150
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017