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CHER Number:00837
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman remains, Cobbs Ground, Alconbury

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 198 789
Parish:Alconbury Weston, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire

Monument Type(s):

Associated Finds:

  • SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

1. C1 to C3 Romano British pottery and daub with marks of wattle found in a rubbish pit in Cobbs Ground or close. Area of excavation 12 feet in diameter and 3 feet deep. Mr. Chattell, the farmer, said that he cannot recall any finds being made in this area, but has noted three areas with a heavy stone scatter at TL/1991/7883, TL/1992/7883 and TL/1989/7871.Nothing of note found in these during investigation.


<1> Garrood, J.R., 1947, Romano-British Settlements at Alconbury Hill, Huntingdonshire. TCHAS 6: 203-8, p. 203 - 208 (Article in serial). SCB14457.

<2> Baird, J., Field Investigator Comments, 22/3/71 (Verbal communication). SCB62256.

Sources and further reading

<1>Article in serial: Garrood, J.R.. 1947. Romano-British Settlements at Alconbury Hill, Huntingdonshire. TCHAS 6: 203-8. p. 203 - 208.
<2>Verbal communication: Baird, J.. Field Investigator Comments. 22/3/71.