Title: |
Undated ditches, medieval deposits and structural evidence and post-medieval layers at Chequers Court Car Park, Huntingdon. |
Series: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
This evaluation, although limited in nature, has confirmed the presence of well-preserved, stratified archaeological deposits and features spanning the pre-medieval to post-medieval periods within the proposed redevelopment area. This part of Huntingdon appears to have been fairly open, marginal land prone to flooding in the centuries pre-dating the Norman conquest, indicated by flood deposits and the cutting of drainage and/or boundary ditches; the latter are undated. There is good evidence for the northwards expansion of the medieval town in the 'high medieval' period, represented by the appearance of timber structures and pits in the south of the site (Test Pit 2). Tentative evidence for industrial and domestic activities being undertaken in the vicinity, comprising low-level blacksmithing, butchery and food-preparation, was recovered from the pits. The eventual decline and contraction of the town during the later medieval and early post-medieval periods is again illustrated by extensive cultivation soils recorded in both test pits. This was followed by limited redevelopment of the southern part of the site in the late 17th or early 18th centuries suggested by the construction of brick wall foundations and a substantial post-hole. |
Author: |
Rachel Clarke
M Webster
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Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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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: |
Chequers Court Car Park, Huntingdon |
County: |
Cambridgeshire |
District: |
Huntingdonshire |
Parish: |
HUNTINGDON |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 524130, 271900 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
oxfordar3-100446 |
OBIB: |
report number 1252 |
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Note: |
A4 paper bound report
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |