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Between March 2014 and December 2015 archaeological monitoring was undertaken within the graveyard of Holy Trinity Church, Hildersham during groundworks carried out in advance and post-construction of a porch extension and toilet, together with its associated services and soakaway(s). These groundworks involved excavation down to a depth of 1.4 metres within the proposed 12.5m2 footprint for the porch located on the north side of the church , alongside the digging of five additional service trenches across the graveyard, the longest of which was 90m from the church to the main gateway onto the road. In total 43 burials were encountered during this work, some nineteen of which were found within the footprint for the new church porch. All of the latter were fully skeletonised, these consisting of at least eight adults and five juveniles interred as shroud burials, being most likely Early Medieval in date. Given the similarity between these fully excavated burials and those recorded but not excavated within the associated service trenches, it seems possible we could be looking at a Medieval date for all of these umarked early graves. Just four sherds of 12th century AD St.Neots and greyware pottery were recovered from the main excavation, two sherds of this being associated with grave fill.

Between March and the end of October 2015 archaeological monitoring was carried out of building works being undertaken in the West Court area of Jesus College. Four sites were monitored, only three of which produced archaeology; the Park Street (entrance), Hockey Pitch and Basement. All of three sites had Roman features within them, with evidence of Medieval, Postmedieval and modern truncation above. Within the Hockey Pitch area two trenches revealed a series of late Roman ditches, pits and postholes cutting an earlier phase of quarrying which consisted of eight intercutting quarry pits truncating an earlier boundary ditch. The Park Street investigation consisted of two small but slightly deeper trenches which revealed three oval-shaped Roman pits (one of which contained a large amount of pottery), the terminus of a curvilinear ditch and a posthole. The Basement was the largest area (28m2), which like the Hockey Pitch contained a band of intercutting Roman quarry pits truncated by three parallel WNW-ESE ditches associated with what was probably the same late Roman field system, all of this being cut by a NNW-SSE boundary ditch of uncertain date. A single truncated human burial was found face down within one of the probable quarry pits, and it can only be assumed that this was Roman in date. This area of Jesus College between Park Street and Jesus Lane would appear to be part of a moderately busy extramural landscape associated with the Roman town, with evidence for quarrying, cemeteries (at Jesus Lane and Park Street), and also field system(s).

Following a trial trench evaluation undertaken in 2009 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook a further programme of excavation on two targeted areas on land near Downham Road, Ely. The excavation exposed a single Early Iron Age pit, which contained a significant assemblage of pottery and animal bone. However, the main activity consisted of a complex of Roman fields, a number of which contained 'planting beds', and an area of Middle Saxon settlement, which is presumed to relate to the West Fen Road food producing site associated with Ely ecclesiastical centre (Mortimer et al 2005, Wright 2015). Identification of considerable accumulations of alluvium and colluvium attests to the environmental impact of intense settlement of the Coveney area of Ely from the Iron Age onwards.

The Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook the archaeological monitoring of the preparatory works for the refurbishment of Godlphin Cottage a converted dwelling, formerly part of the South Stable Block of the Wandlebury Estate built in 18th C.

In September 2015 a programme of archaeological monitoring was undertaken during groundworks carried out on the site of the proposed new Social Infrastructure Building at Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge. This consisted of the monitoring of the trenches dug to remove the concrete foundations and service tunnels following demolition of pre-existing buildings. No archaeology was identified within any of the trench sections examined, most of the layers consisting of redeposited garden soil and building levelling horizons resting upon natural chalkyflinty colluvium and gravelly sand. Most of the subsoil deposits had evidently been removed following the truncation of these deposits to depths of between 0.5m - 1m. Given this level of truncation and the complete absence of evidence for archaeology (including re-deposited pottery) plans for further archaeological evaluation trenching within this area were curtailed.

Cambridge Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Gallagher Estates to undertake a series of substantial archaeological excavations within the Phase 1 defined area of the Northstowe New Town development. This interim statement outlines the preliminary archaeological findings from the project designated Area M (see Figures 1 and 2). The results from the other areas (Areas C, E, F1, F2, J and K) are outlined in a previous interim statement (Collins 2016).

Cambridge Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Gallagher Estates to undertake a series of substantial archaeological excavations within the Phase 1 defined area of the Northstowe New Town development. This interim statement outlines the preliminary archaeological findings from the project designated areas C, E, F1 and F2, J and K (see Figure 2 - 8). The results from a further area (Area M) will be outlined in a subsequent interim statement.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) at the proposed site for re-development of land to the North of Cambridge Airport for erection of a new showroom and associated buildings for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). The fieldwork comprised 50m of trial trenching, which revealed truncation and modern disturbance relating to the construction and demolition of a previous phase of construction that formerly occupied the site.

This interim statement outlines the results of archaeological excavation undertaken by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit on behalf of Lafarge Tarmac at Broom South Quarry, between April and November 2013. The site is located on the western flank of the Ivel valley some 3km to the south-west of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire and forms the latest part of a longestablished landscape scale investigation into the archaeology of Broom Quarry (see also Cooper and Edmonds 2007; Tabor 2014). An area totalling 32.6ha was machine stripped revealing archaeological remains dating from the Early Neolithic through to the Anglo-Saxon period (Figs. 1 and 2).

A watching brief was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) within the boundary of the old RAF Oakington airfield at Longstanton (TL 40988 65985) in January 2016. No archaeological features were recorded.

A watching brief was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) at St Andrews Church off Main Street, Witchford (TL 50377 78790) in January 2016. No archaeological features were recorded. A bone assessed as a proximal third shaft fragment of a human humerus was found at approximately 0.30m beneath the path around the church tower, likely to be a result of graveyard reworking.

No's 1-8 St Clement's Gardens comprise a terrace of eight Edwardian townhouses that were constructed in 1911. Arranged over three floors, each property originally contained five bedrooms (two of which were probably intended for servants); as such, they are typical of the houses of the middle class of the period. A number of original features were recorded. From 1971 onwards the properties were acquired piecemeal by Trinity Hall College, who converted them into student accommodation.