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A programme of archaeological excavation and recording prior to mineral extraction was undertaken within phase 4 of Must Farm quarry between September 2010 and April 2011, on behalf of Hanson UK. A total of 4.344 hectares were machined stripped under controlled archaeological conditions to expose the expected bank and ditch and potential features associated with the earlier unaltered buried soil deposits. The investigation produced a large quantity of surface artefacts, predominantly lithic, which often co-insided with darker charcoal enriched areas of buried soil and in some cases artefact rich spreads. These spreads were more typical of midden deposits, yielding either Beaker or Collared/ EBA Urn pottery, always independent of each other. An abundance of cattle and deer tracks were identified across site 4, in places these were very dense, trample zones, but overall appeared to converge towards the north-west corner. Numerous hearths were identified across the entirety of site 4, the majority of which were associated with multiple stakeholes either around their edges or in some cases within. Few large pit/ wells were present, all of which contained well preserved waterlogged wood. The Middle Bronze Age bank and ditch, which was constructed after the initial formation of peat, stretched the entire length of the stripped area from south to north, meandering gently in places but bending sharply in others. The ditch itself was a series of smaller joined segments which created one continuous up-cast bank with no breaks or gaps along its length unlike phase 3 where it was segmented. A number of the earlier trackways and dark spreads could be seen on both sides of the bank and ditch and once removed continued underneath giving a true sense of depth and preservation to the features beneath.

Between the 9th and 14th of May 2011, Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertok a small evaluation within the gardens surrounding The Rectory, Barton Bendish, Norfolk. A series of Saxo-Norman linear ditches and gullies were found as well as discrete and undated features.

This archaeological desktop assessment was requested on behalf of Holy Trinity Church, Market Street, Cambridge, to assess the likely impact of a proposed development inside the current building and associated ancillary external works. Evaluation of the archaeological, historical and cartographic evidence shows the site to be located within an urban area of rich historical and architectural significance, dating from the 12th Century AD to the modern period, including the present Grade II listed building and associated graveyard.

Cambridge archaeological Unit undertook an archaeological evaluation on land at Cuckoo Hill Farm on the 13th June 2011. Three trenches, a total of 100m in length were excavated. A single pit and posthole were exposed.

This archaeological desk top assessment was requested on behalf of Enterprise Property Group to assess the likely impact of a proposed development on land at 82 Richmond Road, Cambridge. Evaluation of the archaeological, historical and cartographic evidence shows the site to be located within an urban area of historical and architectural significance, with nearby evidence for settlement related activity dating from prehistory to the present.

Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook an archaeological evaluation on land surrounding the current Waterbeach Lodge between 23rd May and 1st June 2011. Towards the front of the current buildings, three trenches revealed evidence for extensive post-Medieval quarrying, whilst towards the rear, a fourth trench contained the preserved remains of the Car Dyke and its associated bank.

An archaeological watching brief was carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit between January and April 2011 on behalf of Anglian Water to the east of Deeping St James, Lincolnshire (TF 1669 0934). The watching brief followed the route of a pipeline and was situated on agricultural land and within Broadgate Lane, Deeping St James. In total 3.022 hectares were machine stripped to subsoil and then a pipe trench machine excavated along the 2574.2m pipeline route. The investigation identified the presence of Romano-British activity in the form of pits and ditches with post-Medieval finds discovered along the easement. This activity has been put into context using information from the extensive Fenland Survey (Pryor et al, 1985) undertaken in the vicinity, as well as other data from the surrounding landscape. A high frequency of archaeology was identified in three areas suggesting the presence of at least three separate sites. These were defined by a number of pits and smaller ditches enclosed by larger boundary ditches revealing significant evidence of Roman Industry (salt-making) and settlement activity from the 2nd to mid 4th century AD.

Between 8th February and 30th March 2011 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit carried out an archaeological watching brief on the excavation of a 315m long, 0.4m wide and approx 1m deep open cut trench dug for the purposes of an Anglian Water replacement water main (parallel to the existing pipe) within the left-hand roadway of Roman Pavement, off Greetwell Road, Lincoln. During opencast ironstone mining undertaken in the 1880-90s by the Mid-Lincs Ironstone Company the remains of a large 3rd-4th century Roman villa (the Greetwell Roman Villa) was uncovered. This included a bath house and a number of large mosaic-floored corridor rooms, one of which (at 87m the longest in Britain with the exception of Fishbourne Palace) was found along the southern edge of this former quarry working. The purpose of the current monitoring was to establish whether any of the villa or associated floor levels had survived 19th-century quarrying. At least some survival iof this is suggested by the investigations of the Lincoln Archaeology Research Committee undertaken in 1945/6 during the laying of services for the future housing on the Monks Tower Estate. The current archaeological monitoring did not reveal any traces of in situ. Roman floor levels or of wall structures along this pipeline transect, though at the southern end close to the former entrance to the ironstone quarry, broken Roman tile and tessarae were found within the backfilled quarry fill. These may be associated with surface clearance carried out in the 1890s following the removal of the excavated villa floors and the quarrying away of the site. Taking into account the archival evidence, and also the evidence of destruction of the villa at this particular location, it seems possible that traces of the wall foundations and mosaic floors survive within a narrow sub-surface strip (>0.5m deep) between the south-eastern end of Roman Pavement, the west end of Tower Drive, and the northernmost end of Jellicoe Avenue.

Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook an archaeological evaluation on land at Upton with Fishley, Norfolk between the 20th and 22nd of June 2011. Four trench, totalling 120m were excavated and evidence of Medieval and post-Medieval quarrying as well as an undated ditch and a post Medieval boundary ditch were found.

A trial trench based archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on land adjacent to 17 Orwell Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire (TL 387 496). The proposed development area (PDA) comprises a 0.07 ha plot to the west of Orwell Road. Three trenches, positioned according to the proposed locations of a house and garage, revealed a total of four archaeological features; two ditches and two pits. Pottery recovered from two of these features suggests activity dating to the 14th-15th century. The archaeological features, though few in number, provide a useful insight into medieval Barrington and are an important addition to the local archaeological record. The limited finds assemblage suggests the site is not associated with domestic activity and it seems likely that it was located on the periphery of the medieval settlement.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken to address a condition placed upon planning consent by Cambridgeshire Archaeology Planning Countryside Advice (CAPCA). The Proposed Development Area (PDA) is on Plots 3 and 20 at Eagle Business Park situated south east of Broadway in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire (NGR TL 1974 9356). Six trenches, totalling 343m² were excavated. No archaeological features were discovered. Several modern drainage features were revealed.

This archaeological desk top assessment was requested on behalf of Clover Planning to assess the likely impact of proposed mineral extraction on land Poplar Tree Farm, Hack�s Drove, Baston, Lincolnshire. Evaluation of the archaeological, historical and cartographic evidence shows the site to be located within an area of historical and architectural significance, with evidence for settlement related activity dating from prehistory to the present.