Iron Age Fen-Edge Settlement at Black Horse Farm, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire - Andrew A. S Newton

Black HorseFarm is situated on the Cambridgeshire fen-edge. During the Iron Age and earlyRomano-British period it occupied a low promontory reaching out into thesurrounding wetland. This volume describes the archaeological excavation of thesite and the Iron Age settlement and Romano-British activity that was recordedthere. The wetland of the fen would have been a prominent part of everyday lifeat Black Horse Farm and the book examines the way in which the site'sinhabitants utilised and exploited it. Fluctuations between dry and dampconditions were also a prominent aspect of life at this marginal location andthe later sections examine how the population responded to these conditions.The book examines themes including the organisation of space within theroundhouse, the role of ditches and banks as flood defences versus their socialand defensive function, and offers alternative interpretations for somecommonly observed features at contemporary sites.