Title: |
Land to the rear of the High Street, Offord D'Arcy, Cambridgeshire. An Archaeological Excavation |
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) at Offord D'Arcy, Cambridgeshire (TL 2205 6660) in January 2011. The work was carried out in advance of a small housing development comprising three houses and a recreation ground located to the rear of the High Street. Excavations over an area measuring 1142 metres square revealed archaeological features comprising pits, ditches and ponds, the majority of which were concentrated in the north-west corner of the excavation area. The finds assemblage recovered from the features indicates three broad phases of activity; the 13th-14th century, the 14th-15th century and the post-medieval/modern period. A sherd of Roman greyware pottery, thought to be residual, reflects Roman activity in the wider landscape. It is thought that the remains represent activity at the rear of a medieval/post-medieval property extending back from the High Street. To the east, beyond the property boundary, lay a more open landscape of fields and paddocks. This is reflected in the environmental evidence recovered from the site, which indicates damp pasture on the periphery of a settlement. No evidence relating to the 12th-13th century settlement recorded to the north-east during the 2009 evaluation was encountered, however the results still represent an important addition to the local archaeological record and are a useful contribution to our understanding of the medieval village and landscape. |
Author: |
J L Tabor
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Publisher: |
Cambridge Archaeological 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: |
2011
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Locations: |
Site: |
Land to the rear of the High Street, Offord D'Arcy |
Parish: |
OFFORD DARCY |
District: |
Huntingdonshire |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Offord DArcy Cambridgeshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street Offord |
Grid Reference: 522050, 266600 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ANIMAL REMAINS
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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RUBBISH PIT
(Monument Type England)
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13th14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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12th13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
14th15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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EXCAVATION
(Event)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
cambridg3-96164 |
OBIB: |
Report No. 994 |
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Note: |
A4 wire bound with plastic laminate front, 21 pages and 2 colour plates.
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |