Wright, A., Robinson Zeki, L., Cessford, C. and Huisman, F. (2019). Archaeological investigations at Downham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Archive Report. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1091726. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological investigations at Downham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Archive Report
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Abstract:		 Following desktop assessment, geophysical survey and a trial trench evaluation in 2009 (Appleby et al. 2009), the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook two programmes of further excavation at the East Cambs District Leisure Village site situated on Downham Road, Ely (cf. Wright 2016, Robinson Zeki 2018). The 2015 excavation of Area 1 and Area 2 and work undertaken in Area 3 and 4 between May 2016 and September 2016, exposed archaeology ranging in date from the Late Bronze Age through to the Post-Medieval period, including Iron Age pit clusters, Early Roman fields and planting beds and a multi-phase enclosure system with several post- and beam-slot built ancillary structures dating to the Middle Saxon period. This area of Middle Saxon settlement is presumed to relate to the West Fen Road food producing site associated with Ely ecclesiastical centre (Mortimer et al. 2005, Wright 2015). Identification of considerable accumulations of alluvium and colluvium attests to the environmental impact of intense settlement of the Coveney area of Ely from the Iron Age onwards.
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Author:		 Alasdair Wright
Leanne Robinson Zeki
C. Cessford
Floor Huisman
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Publisher:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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County: Cambridgeshire
District: East Cambridgeshire
Parish: Ely
Country: England
Grid Reference: 553198, 281500 (Easting, Northing)
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EXCAVATION (Event)
RING (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL RING (Tag)
HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL HUMAN REMAINS (Tag)
LOOMWEIGHT (Object England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE LOOMWEIGHT (Tag)
LOOMWEIGHT (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL LOOMWEIGHT (Tag)
LAZY BEDS (Monument Type England)
ROMAN LAZY BEDS (Tag)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL ENCLOSURE (Tag)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT (Tag)
STRUCTURE (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL STRUCTURE (Tag)
OVAL ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL OVAL ENCLOSURE (Tag)
TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN TRACKWAY (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
MIDDLE IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
COMB (Object England)
ROMAN COMB (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MIDDLE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-367867
OBIB: 1434
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Created Date:		 21 Apr 2022