Recent discoveries at Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire: Aetheldreda’s Gate, the church of Holy Cross and the possible boundary of the Anglo-Saxon monastery

Abstract

<p>Recent fieldwork ahead of construction in Ely Cathedral precinct has identified two documented but ‘lost’ medieval buildings, in addition to a large boundary ditch and other deposits which potentially relate to the monastery founded by St Aetheldreda in the late seventh century. The excavations provide an opportunity to review the currently limited state of knowledge regarding the location and layout of the Anglo-Saxon monastery at Ely and to put forward some models to be tested through future fieldwork.</p