The dig ended on the 1st June 1998. In the final week of the excavation, during the school's halfterm holiday two further important discoveries were made.
Defensive ditch :
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A fairly deep ditch has been excavated, distinguishable from the surrounding soil by the different colour of the infill. This has provisionally been identified as a defensive ditch dating from the erection of the castle in the time of Geoffrey de Mandeville. |
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Sarcophagus :
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For many years following the dissolution of the monastery the buildings and other remains were used as a quarry for the local area. As well as supplying stone for several of the Cambridge colleges, further building on the abbey site also reused materials. This sarcophagus was broken up and used in the building of stone-lined drainage channels, used to drain the local fen. |
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Preliminary Site Summary produced by the Archaeological Field Unit 5th June 1998
