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| CHER Number: | 06497 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Roman settlement site, Burwell |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 598 680 |
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| Parish: | Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
Associated Finds:
- ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
1., Possible Roman settlement lies NE of the village and E of Ness Road, on level ground on chalk at about 30ft above OD. Evidence for a settlement comes from sherds of the C2 - C3 said to have been found. Roof tiles and sherds of Horningsea type were noted on the site in 1969.
3. Roman site reported long ago by Dr Lucas. Visited 26/03/1952 by TC Lethbridge. Roman sherds C2 - C3.
<1> RCHM, 1972, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire. Volume II. North-East Cambridgeshire, 41 (Bibliographic reference). SCB13360.
<2> Lethbridge, T. C., Lethbridge excavation archive (Excavation archive). SCB1720.
<3> OS Corr 6in (Map). SCB9519.
<4> 1959, OS 6 inch map (Map). SCB9011.
<5> GHS Bushnell, Field Investigator Comments, 30/10/52 (Verbal communication). SCB65350.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1972. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire. Volume II. North-East Cambridgeshire. 41. |
| <2> | Excavation archive: Lethbridge, T. C.. Lethbridge excavation archive. |
| <3> | Map: OS Corr 6in. |
| <4> | Map: 1959. OS 6 inch map. |
| <5> | Verbal communication: GHS Bushnell. Field Investigator Comments. 30/10/52. |
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