Iron age and Roman settlement
Subtitle: rescue excavations at Lynch Farm 2, Orton Longueville, Peterborough
By: by Stephen G. Upex ; with contributions from P.W. Fifield [and 7 others] ; drawings by Stephen G. Upex ; photographs by Geoffrey Dannell [and three others]
Series: East Anglian archaeology -- report no. 163; East Anglian archaeology -- rept. no. 163.
Publisher: Nene Valley Archaeological Trust
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780952810520
Subjects: Romans; Excavations (Archaeology); Roman Antiquities
Description: Three major archaeological excavations were carried out in a meander of the River Nene, west of Peterborough, during the early 1970s. The land within the meander showed aerial photographic evidence of extensive prehistoric occupation and during the Iron Age a multiple ditch system may have marked the place out as a minor oppidum. Part of this ditched system was excavated in 1973 (Lynch Farm 1, unpublished). The extensive cropmarks also indicated Roman occupation, including a number of buildings. Cropmarked areas of the site were scheduled for preservation, although gravel working did encroach on a late Roman cemetery (Lynch Farm 3, published in 1975). Peripheral areas within the meander were thought to lack archaeological significance, however, once gravel extraction started, remains of Roman buildings were found and work was halted while rescue excavation took place (described here as Lynch Farm 2).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index.