| Title: |
Mill Lane, Water Newton, Cambridgeshire. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
42 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
A desk-based assessment of two adjacent plots of land was conducted. The site formed part of a farmyard, known as Manor Farm in the 20th century. The tithe barn site was to the north, with the church to the northwest. The development site lay within a conservation area. A former smithy building in the southeast corner of the site contained stone walls as well as brickwork, and was abutted onto an earlier stone farmyard wall, which originally enclosed a smaller area. The smithy was built after 1837 but before 1889, and had fallen out of use by 1928. The development site contained an open-fronted stone and brick shed, an above-ground diesel storage tank and a farm building built in 1969. Another 1969 building had been demolished. The site had heaps of soil and rubbish associated with the use of the farmyard and site preparation for the 1969 buildings. Backfilled geotechnical trial pits were visible across the site; these had indicated clay soils to the north and sandy gravels to the south. The gravels were from a river terrace and may have explained a change in slope within the site. A 1674 plan indicated that the development site had been taken from two other land parcels. One formed part of the manor farm grounds, while the other lay to the rear of little house, believed to be a former inn. Boundary features associated with these land parcels were expected on the site, but there was no cartographic evidence for habitation on the site. Anglo-Saxon structural features had been found 300m south-west of the development site, and the church dedication (St. Remegius) hinted at an early settlement or continuity of occupation from the Roman period. A coffin, thought to have been Roman, had been found in the churchyard, and the apparently 13th century church may have occupied a much earlier site. Three, possibly four, Roman villas were known within 400m of the development site, and may have represented residences of master potters from the extensive industrial suburb of the Roman town Durobrivae. Although the site lay immediately outside of the scheduled area of the town, it was assumed that the designation reflected 20th century, rather than Roman, land use. There was a theoretically high potential for Roman or Late Iron Age features or artefacts on the site, but none had been reported. The development site lay on a small natural ridge between depressions, and represented a possible site for prehistoric activity. There were no records of pre-Iron Age activity in the close vicinity. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Geoff Tann
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| Publisher: |
Lindsey Arcahaeological Services
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Manor Farm |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Mill Lane Water Newton Cambridgeshire |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| 13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Preiron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1837 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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LATE IRON AGE
(Historic England 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: MILL LANE, WATER NEWTON
Study area: 0.38ha
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Huntingdonshire
Monument:
Ngr: TL10959725
Parish: Chesterton
Postcode: PE8 6LY
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
