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Coin hoards and other surprises: Riverside settlement at Great Chesterford

Charlotte Lockwood and Mark Hinman Investigations by Pre-Construct Archaeology just to the south of the Roman Town at Great Chesterford, Essex, revealed the remains of a farmstead, established on the southern bank of the River Cam in the late Iron Age and subsequently occupied until the second century AD. The fields and enclosures that once defined this farm became mature hedgerows which remained beyond the end of the Romano-British Period when the site was resettled. In the early 5th century AD, a highly significant hoard of 2615 late Roman coins was buried in the former site boundary and a new Anglo-Saxon settlement was established. This comprised of ten sunken-featured buildings, a Saxon Hall and other associated features. All in all, this was a great site with great finds, dug in good weather, that was also good fun to work on that finished on schedule. It was the people involved who seasoned the project with humanity and we would like to share some of those voices and experiences with you in this presentation.