Archaeologists uncover abandoned villages,prehistoric tools and seven tonnes of pottery in CambridgeshireIt’s taken more than 700 years, but the medieval villagers of Houghton in Cambridgeshire have had the final laugh: the foundations of their houses and workshops have been exposed again, or as roadworks carve up the landscape they were forced to abandon when their woodlands were walled off into a royal hunting forest.
Their lost village has been rediscovered in an epic excavation employing more than 200 archaeologists,working across scores of sites on a 21-mile stretch of flat Cambridgeshire countryside, the route of the upgraded A14 and the Huntingdon bypass. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk