Title: |
Roman Settlement at 31 Tunbridge Lane, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire: An Archaeological Excavation |
Series: |
CAM ARC unpublished report series
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Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Features located included ditches, pits, postholes and a corn dryer or malting oven. Roman pottery of 1st to 3rd century date was recovered from many features, most notably from the major northern boundary ditch, which ran from east to west. This feature had pottery (including rare Roman glazed ware), tile, building material, bone and glass scattered through the fills. No buildings were identified during the excavation, however the pottery assemblage indicates nearby domestic activity. The site may have had a functional connection with other Roman settlement, part of a possible villa estate, found just to the southeast across Tunbridge Lane in 2000. There is evidence for the destruction by fire and subsequent demolition of a nearby Roman building, probably in the mid 3rd century. |
Author: |
S Kenney
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Publisher: |
Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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Locations: |
Site: |
31 Tunbridge Lane |
Parish: |
BOTTISHAM |
District: |
East Cambridgeshire |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 554400, 260900 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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Glass Vessel
(Find)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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Iron Mattock Head
(Find)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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ROTARY QUERN
(Object England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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Shale Motif - Piece
(Find)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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BOUNDARY DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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BUILDING
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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FARMSTEAD
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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GULLY
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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RUBBISH PIT
(Monument Type England)
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EXCAVATION
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
cambridg1-33345 |
OBIB: |
report number 886 |
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Note: |
Excavation report, 119 pages, 15 appendices, 10 figures.
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |