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CHER Number:06764a
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman settlement, N of Burwell Church

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 590 665
Parish:Burwell, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire
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Monument Type(s):

  • SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • QUARRY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds:

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FLUE TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Events:

  • Excavation of Burwell Anglo Saxon Cemetery, 1925-1929

Full description

R1, Probable Roman settlement found during the excavation of the AS cemetery in 1927 and 1928, is 500yds N of Burwell church on chalk at 60ft above OD. Below the AS graves was found a pit,12ft deep and 22ft in diameter, which was interpreted as a quarry. The upper part of the filling contained sherds of Roman pottery, box and roof tiles, burnt stone, animal bones and traces of wood and charcoal, suggesting a substantial building nearby. See also RN 06764 for AS cemetery

Sources and further reading

R1Article in serial: Lethbridge, T. C.. 1929. The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Burwell, Cambridgeshire. PCAS 30: 97-109. p. 97 - 98 (plan, photo, ill)
R2Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1972. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire. Volume II. North-East Cambridgeshire. 41