25 Crossingway Hand, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire: An Archaeological Evaluation.

Abstract

On 21st March 2011 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit carried out a small archaeological evaluation (15m of trenching) within the abandoned gardens of No.25 Crossway Hand, Whittlesey prior to the demolition of the existing house and the construction of three new houses. Trench 1 (7.5m) at the front of the house had no archaeology in it, whilst Trench 2 (7.5m) to the rear of the house exposed the base of one small (0.5m diameter) undated pit cut into the gravel, the latter with a single cobble of burnt stone in it. Some 3m (south) of the north end of this trench some animal bone and a 30 cm long fragment of burnt clay (similar to briquetage) was noted within the lower subsoil exposed in the west-facing section. No traces of Roman pottery or tile were recovered despite the proximity of this site (some 10-15m distant) from the Fen Causeway.