Cambridgeshire Survey, the Isle of Ely and Wisbech

by David N. Hall, Andy Brown (Contributor), Rog Palmer (Illustrator)

A thorough field survey of the area around Ely, including extensive field walking, use of aerial photography, some excavation and radiocarbon dating. The volume is organised by parish with all sites and evidence for each period summarised with a large number of maps. There are some indications of Anglo-Saxon settlement and much evidence for the layout of later medieval boundaries and villages.

230 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1996

About the author

Dr. David Hall is a freelance archaeological fieldworker. He was the first Field Officer of the English Heritage funded Fenland Project in 1976. His life's work has been dedicated to conducting large scale surveys of open field systems which culminated in the publication The Open Fields of England (Oxford University Press, 2014).

He has been awarded the John Coles Medal in 2015 in recognition of his significant contribution to landscape archaeology through his research into the Midland open field systems, and his role in the Fenland Project.