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Land at Water Lane, Cambridge CB4 1NY: An Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation. |
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd (London) unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
This report describes the results of a trial trench archaeological evaluation carried out by Pre-Construct Archaeology on land at Water Lane, Cambridge, CB4 1NY (NGR TL 4675 6002) on 14th to 16th April 2015. The archaeological work was commissioned by Keepmoat in response to a planning condition attached to residential development. The evaluation identified a concentration of archaeological remains in the central and eastern areas of the site. The earliest activity was represented by a cluster of pits and a small curvilinear ditch, all dated to the 12th-14th century. Two undated ditches, broadly perpendicular and parallel with Green End Road, are likely to relate to property boundaries which may be contemporary with Saxo-Norman activity seen in excavations at Union Lane/High Street and at the former Yorkshire Grey Public House. The edge of a large ditch was investigated in Trench 2 which contained several sherds of 15th-16th century pottery may suggest a later phase of activity at this end of the site. A large pit which was partially revealed in Trench 5 is indicative of gravel extraction, possibly of late or post-medieval date. It contained a single sherd of 9th-12th century Thetford ware pottery which is thought to be residual. Examples of such post-medieval extraction pits have been recorded in a number of other sites within Chesterton. |
Author: |
S Porter
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Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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2015
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CAMBRIDGE |
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Cambridgeshire |
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Land at Water Lane, Cambridge |
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England |
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Cambridge |
Grid Reference: 546750, 260020 (Easting, Northing)
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preconst1-209268 |
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25 Sep 2017 |