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Trenching evaluation on the site of a new basemented building on Union Road, Cambridge revealed evidence of very low levels of activity from at least the medieval period onwards. Though there are four small features recorded as possible earlier pits, they are most likely natural silt patches or tree throws and contained no finds. Medieval agricultural activity in this area, as it becomes part of the Cambridge East Fields, is signified by a furrow running East-West across site, which contained a sherd of late medieval green glazed pottery. This was followed by a period of intensive post medieval activity. Following enclosure in 1807, this part of Cambridge was rapidly built up. The 1888 OS map shows a row of houses occupying the street frontage of the site, all of which were demolished by the mid-1970s.

Two trenches revealed a core of activity from the second-fourth century and the twelfth-fourteenth century, in which five main phases were identified. The first, dated to the second century, comprised two wells and a possible quarrying hollow, all set upon and above hillside terracing. A significant quantity of structural debris, including decorated daub, was recovered from one of the wells, as well as five near-complete vessels also. Second to third century activity of Phase II was of another series of pits associated with a well and possibly a rammed floor excavated in a previous investigation adjacent to the project area. The line of the hill's walled defences (Phase III) was traced by a substantial Medieval robbing episode (Phase IV), with subsequent nearby occupation (Phase V) evinced by pits of a similar date. Amongst the importance of the investigation is the degree that it attests to the distinctly civic status of Castle Hill during the Romano-British era.

A trial trench based archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on land adjacent to the Jaguar Land Rover Showroom off Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray (SK 74736 18955) in April 2016. Aside from a single possible posthole of unknown date, no archaeological features were recorded within the three trenches excavated. Furthermore, no finds of any antiquity were encountered within any of the recorded deposits and the site's archaeological potential is therefore considered to be relatively low.

A trial trench based archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on land to the rear of 11-15 Main Street, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshrie (TL 5324 7632) between 26th April and 3rd May 2016. Archaeological remains comprised a series of ditches and probable quarry pits, largely dating to the period from the 12th to 15th centuries. Two main phases of medieval activity were recorded, with a third potentially represented by late medieval quarrying in the south-east of the site. The ditches appear to relate to former plot boundaries and internal plot divisions probably associated with contemporary properties located on Main Street. Having said that, no direct evidence of buildings associated with these properties was recorded at the site. A deposit of brick, tile and dressed building stone fragments was recovered from one quarry although there was no evidence within the excavated trenches to suggest that this material derives from structures within the development area, indeed fragments of dressed Barnack stone, for example, most likely derived from the nearby Church of St. George.

This archaeological desk based assessment has been commissioned by Aecom on behalf of the University of Cambridge to assess the potential impact of a proposed new security office building within the Laundry Farm site on land north of Barton Road, Cambridge.

An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Bearscroft Farm, Godmanchester, comprising three areas. Area 1 revealed evidence for a Roman enclosure and associated pits that continued beyond the site. Area 2 was divided into two, Areas 2a and 2b. Within Area 2a Neolithic activity was evidenced as a series of pits. A Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pit alignment extended northwest towards a known Neolithic complex at Rectory Farm, and a second northeast boundary ditch continued into the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period. At the juncture of the two boundaries was the remains of a Middle Iron Age settlement comprising ring-gullies, circular post-built structures, a post-built rectangular structure, and four-post structures. This settlement was broadly contemporary with Middle to Late Iron Age activity recorded in Area 2b. This comprised an initial phase of 'banjo-like' enclosures on the clay slope that developed into a series of interconnected, 'organic' enclosures. A Late Iron Age/Early Roman farmstead was recorded comprising a series of sub-rectangular enclosures of two different phases of activity. Associated with it were five burials, one associated with a dog and the remains of a horse, and the second facedown. A Saxon settlement recorded at the Cardinal Distribution Park continued into Area 2a with three Sunken Featured Buildings and a post-build structure recorded.

The Iron Age remains at the site represent a settlement of some scale and an archaeological site of considerable importance. Whilst earlier prehistoric activity is limited to one Neolithic pit, activity at the site appears to have spanned the Iron Age period before declining in the Early Roman period. This potentially unbroken sequence of occupation, associated with substantial artefactual assemblages, has considerable potential in furthering our understanding of Iron Age settlement and its economy. In addition, the significant pottery and animal bone assemblages have potential in advancing specialist studies in these areas whilst the human bone assemblage should provide important insight into the treatment of the dead during the Iron Age.

During a watching brief conducted at the Arup Building, New Museums site, Cambridge, two former planting beds were investigated. A small number of features were identified, the most significant of which comprised a northeastsouthwest oriented ditch. Although undated, this feature appears most likely to have been associated with the establishment of extensive open fields during the early medieval period.

This assessment of archaeological potential has been commissioned by Niall McLaughlin Architects in relation to a proposal for redevelopment of Avery Court, Trinity Hall Cambridge. The principal aim of this report is to assess the probable nature of any below ground archaeological deposits in Avery Court that might be impacted by a potential development. It is not a conventional formal desk-based assessment, which are of limited applicability in collegiate contexts, and does not cover the above ground standing buildings or the documented history of Trinity Hall, (both substantial topics that have been covered in detail by various publications) except where relevant to the below ground archaeological remains.

This archaeological desk top assessment was requested by Marshalls on to assess the likely impact of development of part of the airfield site for a new Engine Running Ground Enclosure. Assessment of previous archaeological investigations and the historical, aerial and cartographic evidence shows the site to be situated in an area of known archaeology and high significance. Dating from the later prehistoric period to modern era, with substantial Iron Age and Roman occupation known to exist to the north and Saxon to the south. Construction work in the 1980s has resulted in a large mound of earth that covers most of the PDA.

A three volume report detailing the results from the Norhstowe Phase 1 archaeological investigations.

On the 27th and 28th of July 2016 five one metre by one metre test pits were excavated at Jesus College, Cambridge, behind Lower Park Street as part of the St. John's College Archaeology Summer School. This revealed the presence of a substantial alluvial sequence, plus residual Romano-British and 10th-15th century ceramics suggesting that although peripheral the area was utilised during these periods. The bulk of the features and material relate date to the 19th-20th century and relate to the early 19th century development of Lower Park Street by Jesus College as college servant's housing. The area investigated fell within the back yards/gardens of these properties; various walls, paths and other were encountered as well as a substantial 'household clearance' deposit of c. 1870-1900. The area was ultimately cleared when Lower Park Street was converted into graduate housing in the 1980s.