Land to the rear of 117-153 High Street, Fletton, Peterborough: An Archaeological Evaluation

Abstract

A trench-based evaluation was carried out on land to the rear of 117–153 High Street, Fletton, Peterborough in April 2000. Early medieval agricultural remains were uncovered. These comprise a pond, a metalled surface or hard-standing and two large ditches, one of which was possibly a ha-ha. The pond and metalling may have been associated with the medieval manor house; the ditches, with the post-medieval manor farm. The pottery recovered from the pond and metalled surface largely dated to the 13th and 14th centuries, that from the ditches, to the 15th or16th centuries. The pottery sequence included Ely glazed wares and Stamford and Lyvenden Wares. Architectural fragments in the modern overburden, may possibly be from Fletton manor house, demolished in the first half of the 20th century.