OSMap: LR143
Type: Settlement, Substantial Roman Building.
Fen Causeway: W (26) to Longthorpe
Probable road: SSW (28) to DVROLIPONTE
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NGRef: TF5700 OSMap: LR143 Type: Settlement, Substantial Roman Building. |
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Fen Causeway: ENE (20) to Kempstone Fen Causeway: W (26) to Longthorpe Probable road: SSW (28) to DVROLIPONTE | |
Roman material has been recovered from a 2.75 kilometer stretch of the Fen Causeway, in agricultural land in the parishes of Denver (TL5700), Downham West (TL5800) and Nordelph (TL5900). Aerial photographs show a number of rectilinear enclosures, the majority of which lie to the north of the causeway.
Pottery ranging from the late-first to the fourth centuries was found. Hypocaust and roof-tiles concentrated around one point, indicate the presence of a substantial Roman building in the area.
A Roman road to Duroliponte (Cambridge) possibly joined up with the Fen Causeway a little to the east, in the area of Downham market.
