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An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on the 14th of January 2013 on land adjacent to the Waste Management Centre, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Commissioned by Bidwells on behalf of AmeyCespa Ltd, the watching brief aimed to establish the presence, date, state of preservation and significance of any archaeological remains in eight geotechnical trial pits. There was no evidence of archaeology in any of these eight pits.

As requested by Lincolnshire County Council�s Historic Environment Team (LHET), archaeological monitoring and recording was carried out on water main works at Station Road, Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire (TF 49621 58682) on behalf of Anglian Water Services Ltd on 6th and 7th December 2012 and on 7th, 8th and 11th January 2013. The project aimed to establish the presence, date, state of preservation and significance of any archaeological remains in seven reception and service connection pits. There was no evidence of archaeology in any of these seven pits and all excavations were situated on disturbed ground.

Between 14th-16th January 2013 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook an archaeological trench evaluation on 3.5 hectares of former agricultural land owned by Trinity College to the west of Grantchester Road, Cambridge, and in advance of a development to re-locate tennis courts and construct a clubhouse and access road. Some 375m of trenching onto the Gault Clay revealed almost no evidence of archaeology, the single feature being a field ditch of unknown date, from which charcoal, but no pottery or other finds were recovered.

Three trenches opened within a 1.05ha area at Deeping Gate Trees to the north of Market Deeping produced only three cut features. Two unrelated postholes contained charcoal-rich fills but were otherwise undated. A linear aligned northeast-southwest corresponds with documented records of post-Medieval field sub-divisions. A linear cropmark identified by aerial photography as traversing the site was not observed.

On behalf of Hanson, a trench-based evaluation of two fields at Block Fen, Chatteris (TL 434 846), articulated a widely dispersed pattern of two large watering holes associated with an Early Bronze Age sub-fen landscape. In addition, it identified a narrow strip of buried soil together with a discrete midden-like deposit replete with sherds of Early Bronze Age pottery, and all preserved beneath a thin horizon of desiccated peat. Otherwise the evaluation described a somewhat denuded patch of land which owing to intensive drainage had experienced severe peat wastage and comprehensive plough damage. Consequently, all but three of the sixty-two trenches recorded a thin cover of ploughsoil above an archaeologically sterile natural.

A single evaluation trench within the residency of 71 New Road, Haslingfield, partially revealed two large sub-circular features. These are both associated with 10th to 13th century AD pottery and butchered animal bone with burnt clay daub, and appear to be an extraction pit later used for refuse storage, and a deep saturated pit or well. A single abraded sherd of Romano-British pottery further testifies to earlier occupation within the area.

A test pit, dug as part of a soil auger survey of this site undertaken by Rodney Burton of Cambridge (figure 1), was inspected by the CAU on the afternoon of the 7th February following the discovery of a layer of branchwood within the peat, interpreted at the time as being the surface of a possible �trackway�. This layer had been encountered at a depth of between 0.4-0.6m beneath the surface within a single test pit 0.3m x 0.6m wide and up to 0.8m deep located within the north-western corner of the site.

This archaeological desk top assessment was requested by Terence O�Rourke Ltd on behalf of the Marshall Group to assess the likely impact of development of the �Wing� site, land to the north of Newmarket Road by Marshall�s Airport (TL 4971 5963), covering an area of c. 59ha. Evaluation 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 on Greenhouse Farm and the site of the Park and Ride site, any there is a high probability of encountering further archaeological evidence within the proposed development area.

This archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned by Savills to assess the potential impact of a proposed development of Elizabeth House, 1 High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge (TL 4600 5980). Assessment of the archaeological, historical and cartographic evidence shows the PDA to be located within an area of known archaeological finds and features dating from the prehistoric period to the post-Medieval period, notably quarrying and extraction from these latter two periods.

This report details the results of archaeological monitoring of groundworks at Castle Park, Cambridge (TL 4450 5944) between 5th November and 10th December 2012. The project was carried out on behalf of Phoenix Life. Located on Castle Hill, the site lies in an area with a rich archaeological history, but one which also saw extensive landscaping during the 1980s. The monitoring aimed to gauge the potential for survival of these remains given recent disturbances. The groundworks revealed that modern foundations, service trenches and levelling deposits disturbed the entirety of the monitored area. However, strata underlying the made-ground were identified in five discrete areas. Three features of late 18th/early 19th century date and one feature of late 19th/early 20th century date were found.

An archaeological excavation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) in advance of the construction of a Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP) at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. The archaeological evidence was dominated by ditches, which composed elements of multiple phases of field system dating from potentially as early as the Middle Bronze Age, through to the Early Roman period. A small number of pits recorded in the west of the site were probably associated with the Late Iron Age/Conquest period settlement formerly excavated at the Boulevard Site.

This report represents the results of a watching brief carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on 25th and 26th February 2013 within Hudson Barn at Flag Fen Archaeological Park, Peterborough (TL 22731 98938). The works involved monitoring the removal of the compacted barn floor prior to the construction of a cold store and a subsequent metal detector survey of the resultant exposed deposits. No archaeological deposits, features or artefacts were encountered during the watching brief. The work was commissioned by Vivacity.