A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire; Conington Landscape Block
Alex Smith, David Bowsher, Jürgen van Wessel, Emma West, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5284/1081253. How to cite using this DOI
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- ADS Collection: 3801
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1081253
- How to cite using this DOI
Introduction
This is a child collection of the main A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon archaeological project archive. For the purposes of analysis, the various targeted excavation areas (TEAs) that formed the mitigation work have been grouped into eight Landscape Blocks. These have been defined due to the nature of the archaeology, their geographical location, and in some cases, their geology/topography.
This child collection concerns the Conington Landscape Block. Conington comprises two TEAs (32 and 33), covering 21.4 hectares on clays to the north-east of Conington. Archaeological remains from Prehistoric, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon periods were encountered.
Image: Plan of the remains of Saxon Conington. The name means ‘King’s enclosure’, and we revealed 24 sunken-floored and post-built buildings and part of a Middle Saxon enclosed settlement, with a defined gateway;
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