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| CHER Number: | 04652 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Red Lion Yard |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Type(s):
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CAUSEWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds:
- SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
R1, Excavation by J Alexander in Red Lion car park revealed C13 - C14 pits, one lined with barrel staves. Within and near, but at an angle to the Medieval town (King's) ditch another large flat-bottomed ditch (12ft wide and 6ft deep) was found. This was traced for 60ft and a well-made butt-end and part of a presumed causeway excavated. The pottery from the lower ditch silting was of shell-tempered Saxo-Norman type.
Sources and further reading
| R1 | Article in serial: Hurst, D.G.. 1970. Medieval Britain in 1969. II. Post-Conquest. Med Arch 14: 166-208. p. 180 |
| R2 | Unpublished report: Dickens, A.. 1999. The Lion Yard, Cambridge: An Archaeological Desktop Study. |
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