Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From The Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire: Archaeological Monitoring

Archaeological monitoring was undertaken on the 7th-8th of October 2004 at the Farmland Museum in the grounds of Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire (TL 492/685), by a member of staff from the Archaeological Field Unit of Cambridgeshire County Council (AFU). The work was carried out in advance of telephone pole provision/replacement.
Four poles were replaced into existing holes along the access road to the abbey and a new fifth pole was inserted, requiring some excavation next to the main barn (now part of the Farmland Museum) on the site of the abbey itself. No archaeology was recorded in the holes inspected during the replacement of poles along the access road, however, archaeology was recorded in a small trench excavated next to the barn for the new pole. This indicated a probable midden (rubbish dump), dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval periods.