Timberlake, S., Dodwell, N., Brittain, M. and Webb, D. (2016). St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological monitoring of the North Porch extension and associated works. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1091716. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological monitoring of the North Porch extension and associated works
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1091716
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Between March and June 2015 archaeological monitoring was undertaken within the graveyard of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Alconbury during groundworks carried out in advance of the construction of a porch extension and associated services and soakaway(s) adjacent to the North Aisle. The area cut by these groundworks proved to be densely packed with un-marked burials, amounting to 154 complete or partial skeletons identified and recorded, alongside several hundred kilos of disarticulated bone. Whilst many of these burials were likely to have been Medieval, there were a number of un-marked Post-medieval burials lying close to the church, amongst which were juveniles and infants. Of archaeological interest was the mixed incidence of Roman pot and tile, Early-Middle Saxon pottery (including sherds of a funerary urn), plus a wide range of 12-15th century Early Medieval wares. Within the area ssociated with the latter were found small fragments of a double-sided composite bone comb which may be Saxon in date, whilst just 3m to the north of this within re-deposited grave soil was found a coin of the Emperor Domitian. This coin appears to have been modified in the post-Roman (Anglo-Saxon?) period with the addition of a punched dot-ring motif, and was perhaps worn as a brooch or pendant. From the service trench excavation to the north of this came further Saxon pottery and a probable Saxon iron knife, the latter associated with a charnel spread. The finds from the excavations indicate a Roman presence nearby, and perhaps also an Anglo-Saxon settlement or church on this site.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Simon Timberlake Natasha Dodwell M. Brittain D Webb
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2016
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	County: Cambridgeshire Parish: Alconbury Country: England District: Huntingdonshire Grid Reference: 518468, 276129 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	CHURCH (Monument Type England) POST MEDIEVAL CHURCH (Tag) CHURCH (Monument Type England) MEDIEVAL CHURCH (Tag) FLOOR TILE (Object England) MEDIEVAL FLOOR TILE (Tag) ROOF TILE (Object England) POST MEDIEVAL ROOF TILE (Tag) TRIAL TRENCH (Event) PENDANT (Object England) EARLY MEDIEVAL PENDANT (Tag) COIN (Object England) ROMAN COIN (Tag) TILE (Object England) ROMAN TILE (Tag) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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