Excavation of a Group of Anglo-Saxon Features at Denny End, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire

Abstract

Excavations at Denny End revealed evidence of occupation from the Early Anglo-Saxon period partially sealed beneath remnant ridge and furrow. The principal feature is a shallow Sunken Feature Building, or Grubenhaus, with platform walls and entranceway (in association with pits, a large posthole and worn or cut hollows). The features represent the isolated domestic/work unit, which in part may comprise an element of processing. Separated and to the west is a three-sided post-built structure. Finds include sizeable pottery and bone assemblages, loomweights, a spindle whorl, a granite grinding stone and three bone tools.