Title: |
Medieval Settlement in Brook Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire: An Archaeological Evaluation. |
Series: |
CAM ARC unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
During September 2006 six trenches totalling approximately 50m were excavated within a development comprising of No. 78 Brook Street, and its adjacent plot. Three phases of activity, dated by pottery, were recorded from this archaeological excavation. The initial phase was dated to the mid 12th to mid 14th century, a second phase to the mid 14th to mid 16th century and a third to the mid 16th century to present phase. The remains were found to consist of street-front quarrying behind which was a ditch running parallel to the road, separating the quarry and roadside from the domestic activity behind. Historic maps state quarries on the other side of the road were for clunch extraction, which may be the reason for those encountered on this site. Alternatively the chalk may have been extracted for use in lime production. Whilst the pattern of postholes and pits (most noticeable in Trenches 3 and 4) does not produce definitive building outlines, it does show that successive dwellings were erected within the same broad footprint. This can be attributed to an established division of land use for the plot. The extraction of minerals from the front of the property has determined, to quite a high degree, the location of buildings within the plot. The dating of pottery from features on the site indicates continuity in the exploitation of the site from the high medieval period through to the present day for mineral extraction and relatively low status dwellings for people and stock. |
Author: |
G Bailey
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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: |
2006
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Locations: |
Site: |
78-82 Brook Street |
Parish: |
SOHAM |
District: |
East Cambridgeshire |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Brook Street Soham Cambridgeshire |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Brook Street |
Grid Reference: 560111, 272671 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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ANIMAL REMAINS
(Object England)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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FLAKE
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(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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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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POST HOLE
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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QUARRY
(Monument Type England)
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Mid 14th To Mid 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Mid 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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Mid 12th To Mid 14th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
cambridg1-66015 |
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Note: |
A4 bound report
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |