Cambria Farm
| Cambria Farm | |
|---|---|
  Location of Cambria Farm in Somerset | |
| Location | between Ruishton and Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°01′01″N 3°03′33″W / 51.01694°N 3.05917°W |
| Built | 1000 BC to 400 AD |
Cambria Farm is the site of a Bronze, Iron Age, Roman rural settlement, between Ruishton and Taunton, Somerset, England.
A survey of the site was carried by Context One in 2007 out prior to the construction of a Park and ride close to Junction 25 of the M5 motorway.[2] In early 2009 further exploration and excavation was carried out. It uncovered Bronze Age burnt mounds,[3] Middle Bronze Age and Late Iron Age roundhouses, and a field system established in the late Iron Age that remained in use until the 3rd or 4th century AD.[4]
The evidence of human occupation was dated as between 1500 BC to 400 AD.[5] The buildings included three possible rectilinear post-built structures and at least five roundhouses, one of which was 17 metres (56 ft) in diameter. A Roman field system and small inhumation cemetery containing 30 burials dating from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD was also discovered.[6]
Finds from the site include a pair of iron shears, iron spear tips, animal bones, flint tools, loom weights, Iron Age and Roman brooches and Roman coins. They will be displayed in the Museum of Somerset.[7] Examples of Glastonbury type pottery,[8] and three Iron Age spearheads were also found.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Monument No. 190630". National Monument Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "Land at Cambria Farm, Taunton, Somerset. An Archaeological Field Evaluation" (PDF). Somerset County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Exciting Iron Age finds at proposed Somerset park-and-ride site". Western Daily Press. This is Bristol. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Cambria Farm". Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Archaeologists Unearth Iron Age Settlement During Dig In Taunton". Culture 24. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Excavation (2008-9), Cambria Farm, Taunton". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Somerset Heritage Service Newsletter. Issue 5" (PDF). Somerset County Council. January 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Bronze Age sauna discovered on site earmarked for park and ride scheme". The Telegraph. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ "Roman finds at park-and-ride site". BBC. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2011.