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CHER Number: | MCB16281 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Possible midden, The Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach |
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Summary
Monitoring during the excavation of a trench prior to the insertion of a new telephone pole next to the main barn revealed a possible late medieval-early post-medieval midden. No finds or features were recorded during the replacement of four other poles into existing holes.
Grid Reference: | TL 491 684 |
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Parish: | Waterbeach, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
- MIDDEN? (15th century to 17th century - 1401 AD to 1700 AD)
Associated Finds:
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- SHERD (15th century to 17th century - 1401 AD to 1700 AD)
Associated Events:
- Monitoring at The Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, 2004 (Ref: WAT DEN 04)
Full description
1. Archaeological monitoring during the excavation of a trench for the insertion of a new telephone pole next to the main barn revealed a midden fill/layer containing 15th-17th century pottery, oyster shell, and bone. The deposit was sealed by the topsoil and overlay a sterile sandy clay layer. Monitoring during the replacement of four other telephone poles into pre-existing holes by the access road revealed no archaeological finds or features.
CCC AFU, 2004, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach (Material archive). SCB25412.
CCC AFU, 2004, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach (Material archive). SCB25413.
CCC AFU, 2004, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach (Material archive). SCB25414.
CCC AFU, 2004, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach (Material archive). SCB25415.
<1> Payne, D, 2004, Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from the Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Monitoring (Unpublished report). SCB19124.
Sources and further reading
--- | Material archive: CCC AFU. 2004. Denny Abbey, Waterbeach. |
--- | Material archive: CCC AFU. 2004. Denny Abbey, Waterbeach. |
--- | Material archive: CCC AFU. 2004. Denny Abbey, Waterbeach. |
--- | Material archive: CCC AFU. 2004. Denny Abbey, Waterbeach. |
<1> | Unpublished report: Payne, D. 2004. Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from the Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Monitoring. |
Related records
05394 | Related to: Site of Denny Abbey (Monument) |
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