The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey exhibition showcases archaeological findings uncovered at the former Waterbeach barracks and airfield.

The exhibition, launched by Urban&Civic and Oxford Archaeology East, includes items found across the site by Oxford Archaeology's East office following the latest excavations that finished in June 2022.

This will be the first public presentation of the findings.

Oxford Archaeology East has been working with Urban&Civic and Cambridgeshire County Council’s Historic Environment Team to investigate the site since 2016.

The combined effort found evidence of an extensive farming landscape spanning the Iron Age and Roman periods including remains of roundhouses.

These remains were found alongside a barn for storing animals or grain, a corn drier or oven, enclosures and a watering hole for livestock.

Visitors can learn more about Waterbeach’s history and what’s uncovered during site preparation work for Urban&Civic’s development.

Community archaeology manager at Oxford Archaeology East, Clemency Cooper, said: “We hope that the exhibition helps people bring the earlier pre-military history of the area to life for people living locally, and that they take the opportunity to see the artefacts before we embark on the next stages to analyse and report on them."

Sarah Michael, Museum Manager at The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey, said: “We are delighted to be hosting another exhibition of archaeological finds from our local area, and showcasing some more of the fascinating history of the land surrounding our museum.

Communities, communications and partnerships manager for Urban&Civic, Bruce Callander, said: “We’re really happy to help support the exhibition at The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey for the second year in a row.

“Last year’s event was very popular, and we’ve received a lot of positive feedback from members of the local community asking for a follow up, so we’re more than happy to work with both Oxford Archaeology East and Denny Abbey to support this.”

The exhibition will open from 10am – 4pm from Thursday to Sunday every week until the end of October.

The exhibition is situated in historic 12th Century Denny Abbey, Ely Rd, Waterbeach, Cambridge CB25 9PQ.