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An archaeological watching brief and small scale evaluation was undertaken during site works carried out in advance of the construction of the new N Ward block at Addenbrooke's Hospital. The watching brief took place during the insertion of trenches for both pipes and foundations, whilst the evaluation was carried out within a 10m by 10m area during the digging of a lift shaft and basement. The only archaeological feature found in this was a short section of narrow ditch which could not be dated. Since there was no obvious truncation of the archaeological levels, it seems very unlikely that any significant archaeology is to be found within the footprint of this site.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on the site of proposed development at 103-107 Grantchester Meadows. Three test pits were excavated to maximum depth revealing the presence of deeply stratified quarry backfill deposits that were judged to be of a pre-19th century date. Historic cartography and local information demonstrates that there was extensive quarrying on the western side of Newnham Croft prior to the extensive building of houses during the 19th and early 20th centuries

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit on 27th August 2008, at Fengate (former CAU Co-op site adjacent to Elliott site) on behalf of Atkins as part of a Geotechnical test pit survey associated with the proposed development of a Waste Management Facility. The site was located on the eastern industrial edge of the city of Peterborough, lying upon First Terrace Nene gravels. Whilst excavations revealed no positive archaeological features, the archaeological potential of the area was confirmed by the observation of a sealed palaeosol deposit beneath previously recognised and securely dated strata.

An archaeological desk based assessment of 120ha at Land west of Whittlesey, was commissioned by SLR Consulting on behalf of Hanson Building Products. The desk-based assessment is the first stage of archaeological investigation to determine the presence/absence of known archaeological sites within the Proposed Development Area (PDA) and study area environs, to suggest the potential for archaeological remains and to assess the impact of the proposed development upon the historic environment for inclusion within an Environmental Statement. This assessment has collated information from earlier desk-based assessments, information held by the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Records (HER), and the results of more recent archaeological surveys and excavations. The results of this assessment demonstrate the PDA contains structures dating from the post-Medieval period, notably defensive installations dating from the Second World War, and is surrounded by a landscape containing significant archaeology spanning the prehistoric to modern periods.

Following on from two earlier phases of investigation at the St. John's Triangle site, nine trenches, covering a combined total of 35.6m2, were excavated within a 0.3 hectare area of land located in the centre of the historic core of Cambridge. In addition, a further ten areas of watching brief, covering a combined total of c.70m2, were also monitored. These investigations primarily targeted backyard areas situated to the rear of the main frontage properties. The site - which is situated upon the northern tip of a gravel spur, immediately adjacent to the floodplain of the river Cam - contained the deepest stratigraphic sequence yet encountered within the city (at around 4.2m), and a significant history of occupation was revealed. Evidence of 2nd/3rd century settlement was uncovered, which was succeeded by the re-establishment of occupation during the 10th century. Thye area was then incorporated into the Saxo-Norman Jewry, prior to becoming a thriving mercantile quarter from the Medieval period onwards.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on the proposed development area of approximately 140ha, centred on TL 426 603, located within farmland at University Farm, Huntingdon Road, Girton, Cambridge. This work comprised a preliminary phase of evaluation in which twenty 1.80m wide trenches were excavated to a combined length of 968m in order to broadly characterise the nature and survival of archaeological deposits. The area was under agricultural use and consisted of both recently harvested and ploughed fields. A pit containing the near complete remnants of a late Bronze Age pot and two late Bronze Age\Iron Age ditches aligned east-west were excavated towards the south-eastern end of the site. Early Romano-British settlement features associated with an enclosure system and a roadway were uncovered. The roadway had a metalled surface and ran in a NW-SE direction. Medieval and Post Medieval features representing ridge and furrow and former field boundaries were also identified. The extent of post medieval gravel quarrying across the area was found to be more extensive than previously thought although the level of truncation of earlier features varied greatly.

Evaluation trenching revealed no archaeology or material culture dating earlier than the later 19th C, the date of the establishment of the Kirtling Estate Toilyard. The remains of brick footings for a saw mill were recorded along with a rubbish pit containing 21 complete glass bottles, including a number of codd bottles dating between 1884 and 1912. The work showed that there had been both truncation and build-up of redeposited material on the site, presumably to level it for construction of the toilyard.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken adjacent to the existing south stand of the racecourse in advance of a planned extension to and modernisation of this building. Two trenches totalling 13m were excavated in the turf adjacent to the tarmac standing and offset from the electricity sub station. These encountered the underlying natural gravels at a depth of between 0.9 and 1m, yet there was no evidence for any truncation within this area. No archaeology was present, though a single tree throw was found.

In December 2006 evaluation trenches at Knobbs Farm, Somersham revealed evidence for the westward continuation of archaeological features excavated during Phase 4 of the work in 2004. This included a posible Late Iron Age/ early Romano-British droveway and field systems with formally laid out boundary ditches, plus some probable Bronze Age features including Late Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age pits and post-holes, some earlier Bronze Age pits, plus several post-medieval and un-dated features.

Archaeological evaluation prior to small residential development. Four trenches, totalling 40m in length revealed two features of Romano-British date and three of post-medieval date.

Archaeological evaluation ahead of construction of a new electricity sub-station revealed no archaeological features

This archaeological desktop assessment was requested by the National Trust East of England Office to assess the known and potential archaeology within the 3,700ha designated the �Wicken Vision� Area, extending approximately 13km (8 miles) from Wicken Fen in the north, to Fen Ditton in the south, and has identified seven distinct concentrations of archaeological activity in addition to numerous sites of archaeological and historic interest.