| Title: |
Archaeological Excavations at West Fen Road and St. John's Roads, Ely, Cambridgeshire: The Trinity and Runciman Lands. Assessment Report (432) |
| Number of Pages: |
67 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Excavations in advance of housing development revealed archaeological evidence from the Neolithic, Last Bronze Age, Middle to Late Iron Age and early Roman periods. The Neolithic was represented only by a spread of burnt material associated with a tree throw. Sporadic activity in the Late Bronze Age was associated with a small pond which had subsequently silted up. Elements of ditched enclosures which may have been of Middle Iron Age date were succeeded by a phase of Late Iron Age settlement characterised by ephemeral ring gullies, shallow pits and spreads of midden deposits. Subsequently, in the late 1st or early 2nd century AD, two rectilinear ditched enclosures were lain out to the south of the Late Iron Age settlement, further up the slope, probably for the control of livestock or to mark out cultivated fields. Later in the same period, the southern of the two enclosures went out of use and was replaced by systems of narrow linear gullies possibly associated with early Roman lazy bed or strip field cultivation. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Paul Masser
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| Publisher: |
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
St Johns Roads Ely Cambridgeshire |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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MIDDLE IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early 2nd Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Late 1st (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: WEST FEN ROAD AND ST. JOHN'S ROAD, ELY
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: East Cambridgeshire
Monument: [finds]. Neolithic, PIT. Late Iron Age, HOLLOW. Undated, ENCLOSURE. Late Iron Age, ENCLOSURE. Roman (AD43-410), FEATURE. Early Iron Age, FEATURE. Late Bronze Age, FIELD SYSTEM. Roman (AD43-410), GULLY. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Late Iron Age, [finds]. Late
Ngr: TL52808030
Parish: Ely
Postcode: CB6 3WQ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
