| Title: |
Roman Activity at the Former Allotment Site, Newmarket Road, Cambridge: An Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
24 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in advance of residential development. 18 trenches were located across the 1.28ha site. The removal of the modern topsoil and subsoil (where present) exposed Roman, Saxon and undated archaeological remains in trenches 9, 12, 14, 15 and 18, in the north-western corner of the development site. The remaining 13 trenches contained no features. Roman activity was identified in the form of a beam-slot and post holes in trench 14, and a large quarry pit presumably for the extraction of chalk in Trench 12. The main fill of the pit produced finds consistent with domestic occupation, namely pottery and animal bone, together with large flint nodules and fragments of floor tile from a dismantled building that may have stood nearby. The fill also contained charcoal and burnt matter that had been discarded into the pit. Small fragments of iron slag from a beam-slot in Trench 14 suggested industrial activity in the vicinity of the development site. The evidence gathered during the evaluation seemed to be consistent with industrial/agricultural activities in an area peripheral to the main settlement. This settlement was not identified during the evaluation, and it was not known from earlier archaeological work in the area. In Trench 12 two parallel ditches of uncertain function (field boundaries or part of a droveway) produced late Saxon pottery. No other Saxon features were uncovered. Finally, the excavation of Trenches 9, 15 and 18 exposed a series of shallow and small linear features of uncertain function that produced no finds. Some of them may have represented beam-slots. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
R Casa Hatton
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| Publisher: |
Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: FORMER ALLOTMENT SITE, NEWMARKET ROAD, CAMBRIDGE
Study area: 1.28ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Cambridge
Monument: POST HOLE. Undated, [finds]. Early Medieval (410-1066), BEAM SLOT. Undated, DITCH. Early Medieval (410-1066), DITCH. Undated, PATH. Undated, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Roman (AD43-410), GULLY. Undated
Ngr: TL48475931
Parish:
Postcode: CB5 8US
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
