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This archaeological desktop assessment was commissioned on behalf of Persimmon Homes to assess the likely impact of development on a c. 5ha area to the north of Chelmsford (Site Allocation 3 as designated in the North Chelmsford Area Action Plan). Evaluation of the archaeological, historical and cartographic evidence shows the site to be located on the edge of an urban area of historical and architectural significance, with finds and sites in the vicinity dating from the Palaeolithic to the present date.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken to address a request from CAPCA to provide the necessary level of information in support of a planning application for the construction of stables, a manege and a barn, with associated services and access, off Orwell Road, Barrington, Cambridgeshire (NGR TL 386 497). The evaluation comprised three trenches, which yielded evidence for 19th and later activity.

In response to a standing condition on planning permission for mineral extraction an archaeological excavation was undertaken on the Glebe Land at Hanson Aggregates Plc. Baston Quarry No. 2, Langtoft, Lincolnshire in line with a WSI approved by Lincolnshire County Council Archaeology Office. The current phase took place between 20th October 2008 and 10th January 2009, on a 1.89ha area; forming a combined area of 6.95ha.

An archaeological test pit and borehole survey, pipeline watching brief and ground-penetrating radar survey was undertaken on behalf of the King's School, Ely (NGR: TL 5397 8015). A total of 24 test pits, borehole and archaeological sections were excavated and recorded with several within the quadrangle of the current building configuration and adjacent to the garden wall of the Old Bishop's Palace revealing varying thicknesses of made ground overlying clays deposited in hollow, possibly a former quarry or ancient excavation on the site, possibly relating to building work associated with the Cathedral or associated nearby buildings.

Two trenches and four test pits were excavated in the grounds of No. 103 High Street, and the only features present were two late 19th/early 20th century wells and a modern rubbish pit. A small quantity of Victorian and modern finds were also recovered from within the topsoil and subsoil.

The Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook a trench-based evaluation on a 140 hectare area of land located in the northwestern part of the city of Cambridge . The Proposed Development Area comprises a roughly triangular area of farmland situated on the suburban fringe of the town. The site extends from Huntingdon Road in the northwest to the M11 in the west, and also abuts the A14 to the northeast and Madingley Road to the south. Its irregular form is primarily the result of the presence of earlier developments in the area. A series of trenches were initially set out across the PDA in a regular, grid-like pattern; these were then supplemented by a number of judgmental trenches that were inserted into areas where a particular concentration of archaeological features was encountered. In total, 313 trenches, measuring 13082.6m in length and covering a combined total of 28165.5m2, were excavated.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on the proposed site of an all weather sports pitch at Orton Longueville School, Peterborough (NGR TL 16370 96353). The project was undertaken on behalf of Peterborough City Council. Archaeological remains exposed were limited to possible medieval plough furrows and in-filled post-medieval quarry remains. No evidence of activity associated with the known prehistoric and Roman sites immediately to the east of the Proposed Development Area (PDA) was encountered. Furthermore, the trial trenching results suggest that the ground surface, and therefore any potential archaeological horizons, within the PDA has been highly truncated by quarrying and landscaping prior to the laying out of the existing school playing fields.

Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook an open area excavation at Knobbs Farm, Somersham. The excavation identified several phases of archaeology including a small number of widely dispersed Neolithic and Bronze Age pits and a more substantial Early to Middle Iron Age phase consisting of a ring gully, several clusters of pits and postholes, three four-post structures and more unusually for the period a number of probable boundary ditches. Also identified was the western extremity of the Late Iron Age and Roman activity seen in previous phases of work. This included field boundary ditches, midden pits, graves, a trackway and structures, including a possible granary.

An archaeological excavation (4.72 hectares) was carried out by Cambridge Archaeological Unit between June and October 2007 on behalf of CEMEX UK Materials Limited in advance of gravel extraction on land north of West Deeping, Lincolnshire, centred on NGR 511384 309610, and continued on from a previous evaluation (Patten 2002). The excavation revealed prehistoric activity from the Late Neolithic to the Early Iron Age, as well as Romano-British and post-Medieval but was predominantly occupied in the Middle Bronze Age period. Late Neolithic/ Early Bronze Age burials containing worked antler and bone artefacts were recovered, which may have been covered by a burial mound. The core component of the Middle Bronze Age was a multi-phased droveway with attached enclosures and an associated field system. Several small un-complex structures were also identified. Over 100 pits were revealed, the larger of which appeared to have had multi uses. Two Middle Bronze Age pit burials were also recorded. Late Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age activity was sparse and took the form of several pits, a cremation and burial, and a partial ring ditch. Similarly the Romano-British activity within the PEA is ephemeral, composed of superficial field systems and an expanse of inter-cutting quarry pits adjacent to the Roman Road, King Street. A series of post-Medieval drainage ditches were revealed across the entirety of site which truncated all earlier phases of activity.

Archaeological assessment and evaluation was commissioned by Chesterton Community College, Cambridge, in advance of the construction of an artificial turf playing field (TL 451 598). No archaeological features were encountered; only very limited, residual evidence for prehistoric activity was retrieved from the subsoil and natural deposits.

A single trench was excavated and then widened on land adjacent to 118 Low Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, which revealed the foundations for a 19th/20th century wall. A quantity of Victorian and modern finds were also recovered from within the topsoil and underlying layers, but no earlier finds or evidence for archaeological activity were present.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at the corner of West Fen Road and Walsingham Way, Ely, Cambridgeshire, prior to the demolition of upstanding domestic buildings and the construction of a proposed new housing development. Archaeological features were recorded in all of the trenches representing a multi-phased occupational site that correlates with the previously excavated adjacent Ashwell Site. The main focus of activity spans from the Saxon period, through to the 14th century with a prehistoric background presence; the archaeological features consisted of linears, pits, postholes, a metalled surface and evidence of a buried soil.