Title: |
Multi-period Remains at Sawston Hall, Sawston, Cambridgeshire |
Number of Pages: |
45 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation took place on land affected by the development to refurbish Sawston Hall as a hotel. The archaeological remains found within the trenches represented four main periods: Neolithic/Bronze Age, Late Iron Age/early Roman, earlier medieval and late medieval/post-medieval. Upstanding remains from the 1940s wartime occupation of the Hall were also recorded. The prehistoric archaeology was finds related, comprising a relatively large worked and burnt flint assemblage recovered residually within later features. The very late Iron Age and Roman material was found in Trench 4, dated the occupation to a very limited period in the middle of the 1st century AD. The principle prehistoric and early Roman feature recorded was a wide channel, possibly draining from a well or spring. In the area of this channel were two contemporary wells or shafts, a ditch and a post hole. The earlier medieval archaeology consisted of ditches recorded in all four trenches. Little later or post-medieval archaeology was recorded, other than the upper infilling of the moat and of a ditch. [Au(abr)] |
Author: |
Richard Mortimer
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Publisher: |
Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit
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Year of Publication: |
2006
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Sawston Hall Sawston Cambridgeshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Sawston Hall |
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Subjects / Periods: |
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Early Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Roman Earlier Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
1st Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2006
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: SAWSTON HALL, SAWSTON Study area: Investigation type: Evaluation District: South Cambridgeshire Monument: BUILDING. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Neolithic, DITCH. Early Medieval (410-1066), WELL. Roman (AD43-410), POST HOLE. Roman (AD43-410), MOAT. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Early Ngr: TL48844912 Parish: Sawston Postcode: CB2 4HP
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |