Time Team - Chapel Head, Warboys, Cambridgeshire - Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results

Wessex Archaeology

The primary aim of the evaluation was to see whether there had actually been a medieval chapel on the site, as implied by the later field name. During the evaluation an east-west aligned structure measuring some 13.8 by 6.0m was uncovered, although this had been almost entirely robbed out. The structure lay within a series of ditches that appeared to form a surrounding enclosure. These features are believed to date to the medieval period, although dating evidence is sparse.

Outside the possible enclosure, to the north, was a second structure, of probable wattle-and-daub construction, again probably medieval. Whether this was the site of the ‘lost chapel’ remains uncertain, and a more domestic function is suggested by the finds assemblage recovered. It may have formed part of a medieval grange farm.

There is a suggestion that there may be an earlier phase of medieval activity predating the enclosure. Other linear features were also uncovered, some of which may relate to late Iron Age/early Romano-British activity.