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<< News >> 5,000-year-old settlement found in Cambridgeshire

Submitted by PaulM on Sunday, 28 November 2004  Page Views: 4169

Multi-periodCountry: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

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Archaeologists believe that ancient artifacts uncovered at a Cambridge village college are evidence from a 5,000-year-old settlement. Pits containing neolithic remains of arrowheads, pottery and knives have been found at a site next to the Linton Village College south of Cambridge.

Digs took place ahead of construction of a new special school on the site.

Cambs county council archaeologists believed there had been a settlement at the school after previous surveys. SOurce: BBC Online 28 November 2004

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