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CHER Number:02585
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman road and buildings, medieval remains, 44 Post Street, Godmanchester

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 244 707
Parish:Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire

Monument Type(s):

  • FLOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • GULLY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUILDING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds:

  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Events:

  • Excavation at 44 Post Street, Godmanchester 1973-74

Full description

1 and 2. C12 clay floor, pits, pottery, C14 town ditch, excavated by Green HJM. Number 44 Post Street: timber framed building with C12 clay floor fronting on the line of Ermine Street. On the other, E, side of the Roman road two small C12 pits were found.

3-4. Excavations also revealed Roman evidence of Ermine street along with gullies, pits and wattle and daub buildings.


<1> Webster, L.E. and Cherry, J., 1973, Medieval Britain in 1972. Med Arch 17: 138-88, p. 169 (Article in serial). SCB7301.

<2> Webster, L.E. and Cherry, J., 1974, Medieval Britain in 1973. Med Arch 18: 174-223, p. 200 (Article in serial). SCB7341.

<3> Lyons, A., 2019, Rectory Farm, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire: Excavations 1988–95, Neolithic monument to Roman villa farm EAA 170 (Monograph). SCB68805.

<4> Green, HJM. & Malim, T., 2017, Durovigutum Roman Godmanchester (Bibliographic reference). SCB53376.

Sources and further reading

<1>Article in serial: Webster, L.E. and Cherry, J.. 1973. Medieval Britain in 1972. Med Arch 17: 138-88. p. 169.
<2>Article in serial: Webster, L.E. and Cherry, J.. 1974. Medieval Britain in 1973. Med Arch 18: 174-223. p. 200.
<3>Monograph: Lyons, A.. 2019. Rectory Farm, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire: Excavations 1988–95, Neolithic monument to Roman villa farm EAA 170.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Green, HJM. & Malim, T.. 2017. Durovigutum Roman Godmanchester.

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CB15034Related to: Ermine Street Roman Road (Monument)

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