Lewis, C. and Pryor, A. (2014). Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Toft, Cambridgeshire, 2013. University of Cambridge: Access Cambridge Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1030515. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Toft, Cambridgeshire, 2013
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Series:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 This report presents the results of a programme of archaeological excavation of 16 1m2 'test pits' in the Cambridgeshire village of Toft carried out in summer 2013. The programme was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) through its 'All Our Stories' programme and supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Connected Communities theme which funded the Cambridge Community Heritage programme at the University of Cambridge in 20012-13. The results provided new evidence for the development of the southern part of the village, near to the church and alongside a small stream, from the prehistoric period onwards, with possible indications of a small settlement of Neolithic date beside the stream. Pottery of Roman date clearly clustered just beyond the south-eastern limits of the present settlement show a settlement to have been present here, and there is some indication of some sort of presence in the same area sometime between the 5th and 9th centuries. The present village seems to have been founded in the late Anglo-Saxon period, with settlement clearly present in the same stream-side location as the Romano-British settlement. This continued and expanded in the high medieval period, when the settlement appears to have extended northwards, but experienced sever contraction in the late medieval period, when the stream-side area of settlement was entirely abandoned. When the settlement began to recover, possibly rather falteringly, in the post medieval period, its focus appears to have shifted north towards the Comberton Road, with the stream-side settlement remaining permanently deserted.
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Author:		 Carenza Lewis ORCID icon
A Pryor
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Publisher:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Toft
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Parish: TOFT
Country: England
Grid Reference: 535960, 256000 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BONE (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BRICK (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) BURNT STONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) NAILS (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) OYSTER SHELL (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) SLAG (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: accessca1-193296
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Note:		 A4, 107 pages, comb bound
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018