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Chesterton Lane Corner, Cambridge: Archaeological Excavations at Anglia Water Sewage Shaft M5. Assessment Report (Report No. 420) |
Number of Pages: |
51 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
The small excavation at Chesterton Lane revealed remains spanning the whole of the Romano-British period and the medieval period from the middle/late Saxon through to the 20th century. A natural river channel was identified with a Roman Road cut into it, a roadside ditch and a large pit rich in organic remains. This primary road was subsequently covered by a large gravel agger with further road surfaces, and an early building - with door-post and threshold pit- lay parallel to this. The Roman levels were sealed by relatively sterile soil layers, cut into which was a middle to late Saxon execution cemetery - nine inhumation lay wholly or partly within the excavation area, the majority had cut marks on the back of their necks. Three phases of late Saxon (pre-Norman Conquest) building lay above the cemetery, the earliest of which contained a tenth inhumation. These building phases may have related to a previously unknown Saxon church. Two phases of clunch-walled medieval, domestic buildings and road surfaces were constructed above this, the later contained a hoard of 1800 silver and 9 gold coins dating to the 1350's. There were late- and post-medieval phases of building and road construction, including two public houses, almost up to the level of the modern tarmac road. [Au] |
Author: |
Richard Mortimer
Roderick Regan
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Publisher: |
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Year of Publication: |
2001
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Chesterton Lane |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Chesterton Lane Corner Cambridge |
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Subjects / Periods: |
1800 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CHESTERTON LANE CORNER, CAMBRIDGE Study area: Investigation type: Post-determination/Research District: Cambridge Monument: POST HOLE. Early Medieval (410-1066), PIT. Early Medieval (410-1066), CELLAR. Post-medieval (1540-1901), BEAM SLOT. Early Medieval (410-1066), FLOOR. Medieval (1066-1540), BUILDING. Medieval (1066-1540), FEATURE. Roman (AD43-410), POST HOLE. Roman (AD43-4 Ngr: TL45105940 Parish: Postcode: CB4 3AR
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |