![]() ![]() The Romans started leaving Britain around 410 AD, but were soon replaced by the Anglo-Saxons from northern Germany. Products were transported from Milton via the River Cam to the Roman Car Dyke at Waterbeach and beyond, and also by road along the Mere Way constructed by the Romans running from their military camp in Cambridge along the western present boundary of Milton parish to the fens. The Romans in the first five centuries AD lived at a number of Romano-British farmsteads in Milton producing grain, and using local cooking pots and milling stones, and Roman coinage. Archaeological evidence as worked flints, indicates that people were in Milton from 10,000 to 2,500 BC (Mesolithic to Neolithic), followed by Bronze Age 2,500 to 750 BC and Iron Age settlers 750 BC to 43 AD as indicated by pottery finds in various parts of the village. The predominantly light soil is excellent for growing crops which has been a major factor for encouraging people to settle here since prehistoric times. The village of Milton has developed over time on essentially river gravels over gault clay to the west of the River Cam, at a height of 5-8 metres above sea level. ![]()
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