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Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook an open-area excavation during the winter of 2013/2014 on land adjacent to Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge prior to the development of an Energy Centre. The excavation identified several earlier prehistoric ditches which probably formed part of a wider field system. Overlying this was a dense series of ditches and associated settlement activity which constituted three different phases of activity spanning the Late-Iron Age through to the Early Romano-British period. Also present were a number of later medieval and post-medieval agricultural boundary ditches.

An archaeological evalaution was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on open farmland to the south of Perry, Cambridgeshire along the proposed route of a pipeline forming part of the Grafham Resilience Scheme. 16 Trenches were excavated, revealing three areas of archaeological and settlement activity dating to the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period.

Fourteen trenches totalling 513.7m combined with geophysical survey identified two areas of archaeology represented in the first by linears oriented north-south and comprising a small system of cultivation beds possibly adjacent to enclosed pasture, and, second, by either small postholes or the bases of truncated pits with a medium-sized pit containing a small quantity of burnt quartz and flint. No datable finds were recovered from these features, although Romano-British and Medieval pottery was collected from within the subsoil of three trenches near to the linears. Geophysical anomalies show the possibility that the pits/postholes may be part of a larger cluster. A post-Medieval pond was also identified, and a second of these is indicated by the geophysics and cartographic evidence. Trenches in the south and east of the development area, situated along the lower contour of the southerly landfall, confirmed the presence of a moderately thick colluvium with absent or very low-level archaeology.

Within an investigation area of c. 1.05ha a linear swathe of forty-two features was recorded that comprised a prehistoric settlement including a post-defined circular structure. Dating of the pottery is problematic, but covers a timeframe of the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. This is confirmed by the fauna which includes both wild and domestic species as well as deposition of a special nature. By contrast, the worked flint assemblage is of a more certain Late Neolithic tradition. The significance of the assemblage to a local understating of prehistoric communities is undoubted, but its broader value may only be realised through scientific dating.

An archaeological trenched evaluation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on open farmland and former woodland, to the north of Cavenham, Suffolk in advance of the proposed expansion of Marston Pit sand and gravel quarry. The evaluation identified several small, possibly prehistoric, pits together with two moderate sized, undated ditches.

This archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned by John Simpson Architects on behalf of CUA Property Ltd, to assess the potential impact of proposed development on the site of the University Arms Hotel, Regent Street, Cambridge. The site lies in an area of Cambridge that was rural in character until the early 19th century. Stray finds indicate a level of activity in the prehistoric and Roman periods, but at a low level. The basements beneath the hotel mean the likelihood of archaeological survival is very low.

This archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned by Savills on behalf of St John�s College to assess the potential impact of a proposed development area (PDA) of c. 1ha at Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, on the site of the former Grange Farm, (TL 4346 5841). Located between suburban properties, University teaching facilities, the University and college sports grounds and agricultural land (to the west), the PDA is irregular in shape. No archaeological features or artefacts have been found within the PDA, although archaeological features from the wider landscape include settlement related activity dating from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period are known. Significantly, a Roman road, oriented northeastsouthwest, runs along the south-eastern boundary (adjacent to No. 13 Herschel Road � Clare Hall accommodation), and bisects the proposed development area towards the southern end of the PDA.

Between the 15th-18th April 2013 an archaeological monitoring, recording and sample excavation was undertaken by the CAU on the line of the perimeter footings for a new single-storey dwelling to the rear of Sale Cottage, Sandye Lane, Swineshead, Bedfordshire. Here some 78 sq m of trenching revealed at least seven shallow and sinuous NE-SW and SE-NW intersecting ditches from which small amounts of locally manufactured 12th century coarseware pottery were recovered. This included most of one shallow dish identified as a probable flour measure; both this and some environmental remains which included carbonised cereal grain suggested breadmaking and milling, thus providing indications of domestic activity and dwellings nearby. The presence of three re-established boundary ditches parallel to the edge of the current churchyard supports the idea of an earlier 12th century church on this site prior to the present 13th-14th century construction. These finds represent the very earliest archaeological evidence for the Medieval village of Swineshead.

This report is a post excavation assessment for the archaeological monitoring and recording of a pipeline in the county of Thornton Curtis, North Lincolnshire. The pipeline starts at Race Lane (TA 0627 1417) and terminates at the reservoir south of Burnham Beeches Farm, to the west of Burnham (TA 0462 1617). The report also discusses the results of two evaluation trenches, located to investigate potential archaeological anomalies highlighted by a geophysical survey. The work was undertaken between 23rd October 2012 and the 16th November 2012. The only archaeological feature revealed during the pipe trenching, potentially relates to the Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon occupation site first discovered during the construction of the reservoir.

This archaeological desk based assessment exams the impact of a proposed development within the Department of Engineering (TL 4500 5760). Examination of the archaeological, historical and archival sources reveal the PDA is located within an historic landscape, but one that has sparse evidence for use and occupation prior to the Medieval period. Later use of the PDA indicates that this use was predominantly agricultural in nature prior to the construction of Scroope House in the late 18th � early 19th century and the subsequent acquisition of the site for the construction and development of the University�s Engineering department. Due to the building and use history of the area, it is considered that there is a low probability of encountering archaeology within the PDA.

This archaeological desk-based assessment and deposit model was commissioned by Bidwells, on behalf of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in order to assess the potential impact of proposed development on the site of 1-8 St. Clements Gardens, Thompson�s Lane, Cambridge. Although subject to repeated and prolonged episodes of alluviation during the Prehistoric and Saxon periods, in Roman times the PDA was situated on the periphery of a small suburban settlement and small-scale extramural activities (such as gravel quarrying) may have been undertaken. Subsequently, from around the early 12th century onwards, the site lay within the circuit of the medieval King�s Ditch, and was for a time bounded by it. Then, from the 13th to the late 18th centuries, documentary and cartographic sources indicate that the PDA was consistently occupied by up to ten separate domestic properties. Concomitant with this evidence, monitoring of twelve geotechnical and soil contamination boreholes at the site revealed a relatively intensive archaeological sequence extending up to 3m in depth. Numerous cut features, as well as substantial made-ground/levelling deposits, appear to have been generated during both the medieval and post-medieval periods. Subsequently, however, in 1791 the pre-existing properties were demolished and a long-lived formal garden established. This continued in use until the early 20th century, when the Edwardian townhouses that constitute the extant 1-8 St. Clements Gardens were constructed.

This Report concerns two adjoining cottages, numbers 25 (Antler Cottage) and 26 (Apple Cottage) Church Street, Wherwell, Hampshire (figure 10(a)). Following a fire at the cottages on Good Friday 2013 a visit was made to the site by the authors in order to determine, principally, how the current roof structure related to the body of the building; and secondly to attempt to elucidate the history of the building based on the exposed timbers (figure 10(b)). The site work was conducted in a single day and the record consists of photographs, notes and sketches.