| Title: |
Further Investigations at 34-38 Newnham Road, Cambridge |
| Number of Pages: |
48 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An ongoing watching brief of building excavations beneath an area of new wall being undertaken at nos. 34-38 Newnham Road provided further evidence of the nature and extent of a medieval pond in the backyard, whilst at the level of mid-late 18th century "cellar" (beneath 36a) building excavations had exposed the foundations for what were in all probability a series of 17th century tenements fronting Newnham Road. An archaeological test pit revealed a still earlier floor surface underlying the levelling/make-up layers for these brick buildings which might have related to a 16th century or earlier timbered house. Below this a layer of garden soil containing sherds of 15th century coarseware suggested a still earlier phase of intensive backyard cultivation, perhaps associated with medieval dwellings on Maltins Lane or Elde Newnham Weye. Behind this area of garden, the large pond may originally have been excavated as a gravel pit, then flooded and used as a fishpond, perhaps associated with the nearby Mortiner's Mill, or the fishponds, adjacent to the mill dam lease by St. John's Hospital. Evidence for some sort of sophisticated water management here had turned up in the form of sections of probably 15th century ceramic water pipe- a potentially important find. In addition, some well preserved but probably broken and therefore discarded fragments of a 15th century leather shoe were recovered from the base of the pond. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Simon Timberlake
D Webb
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| Publisher: |
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2006
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Elde Newnham Weye |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Maltins Lane |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Newnham Road |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Mortiners Mill |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Newnham Road Cambridge |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2006
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: 34-38 NEWNHAM ROAD, CAMBRIDGE (II)
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Cambridge
Monument: [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), POND. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Post-medieval (1540-1901), STRUCTURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: TL44605775
Parish: Grantchester
Postcode: CB3 9ER
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
