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EAA 165: Conquering the Claylands - Excavations at Love's Farm, St Neots, Cambridgeshire (Paperback)
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EAA 165: Conquering the Claylands - Excavations at Love's Farm, St Neots, Cambridgeshire (Paperback)
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph, 165
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Love's Farm, St Neots, lies on the claylands near the western
boundary of Cambridgeshire. Fieldwork conducted over 60ha by the
county field unit, CAM ARC (now Oxford Archaeology East), followed
geophysical survey, fieldwalking and evaluation. This extensive
project permitted a detailed archaeological examination of a later
prehistoric and Roman agricultural landscape on a previously
unprecedented scale within the county. Evidence was revealed for
the exploitation of the area in early prehistory, with field
systems present from the middle Iron Age, if not before. By the
late Iron Age, several farmsteads were set within what may have
been three 'landholdings', bounded to the south by a major routeway
previously identified as a possible Roman road. Dominant features
were a large square enclosure and a subsequent sub-circular
monument, positioned on a ridge overlooking the settlements. Given
its location close to major routes, the site was ideally situated
to provide evidence for the impact of the Roman conquest and the
influence of Romanisation on the countryside. Although little trace
of the disruption of everyday life was noted, metalwork with
military associations was found. Many of the finds show a distinct
bias towards votive offerings, providing new insights into local
religious observance. At around the time of the conquest, the minor
farmsteads fell from use and activities eventually coalesced into
two settlements: one which developed from an Iron Age farm and the
other effectively a 'new' foundation that burgeoned in the 4th
century. The older of the two settlements was abandoned in the late
4th century, while the other apparently remained in use into the
early Anglo-Saxon period. The site eventually became medieval
fields, although some of the ancient hedgerow boundaries survived.
This publication seeks to illustrate the site's character and to
examine its social, economic and morphological development in its
wider context. The archaeological remains unearthed at the site
link to a wide range of issues that have the potential to enhance
current understanding of social organisation and the evolution of
the countryside. The results shed significant new light on the past
of this previously little-known part of the Cambridgeshire
landscape that was once thought to be cold, wet and uninviting.
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