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This report was commissioned by Hannah Reed & Associates on behalf of Lynxvale Ltd. and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation to better define the archaeological potential of land within the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge. Located to the south of Cambridge the Proposed Development Area (PDA) is bounded to the north by buildings along Bateman Street and to the east, south and west by the grounds of the Botanic Garden. The proposed development, centred on TL 4557 5728, comprises laboratory and lecture facilities set within approximately 2ha, with the building element extending over c. 0.6ha within that area. The aim of the assessment is to examine the probability of archaeological remains occurring within the PDA and broader study area by examining different sources of information detailing known areas or finds of archaeological interest and thus assess the likely impact of development. The study sets the findings in the context of both the relevant legislation (local and national) as well as the broader archaeological context, and proposes a broad scheme of mitigation.

Between Tuesday 8th May and Friday 11th May 2007 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit undertook a programme of archaeological test-pitting at the SELEX factory site (the former Marconi Wireless Works) located between Townfield Street East and New Street, Chelmsford .

This archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned by Clover Planning on the behalf of Frimstone Limited to assess the potential impact of a 19 hectare extension to the existing Feltwell quarry (centred on TL 743 926). The site is located approximately 1km south of Methwold and 2km north east of Feltwell. Archival, aerial and cartographic sources show that the site is located in an area with known archaeology, in particular early prehistoric and medieval, and has a moderate probability of archaeological features surviving in-situ.

Ten areas, covering a combined total of 178 square metres, were excavated between November 2005 and August 2006 in advance of development at the Bradwell's Court site, Cambridge. A small but well-preserved part of the Medieval suburb was revealed in which the remains of at least fifteen timber, stone and brick built structures were identified. Originating in the 11th or 12th centuries these buildings, along with the various wells, quarry, refuse and cess pits associated with them, demonstrate that the site has been continuously occupied for at least 900 years. A high degree of archaeological survival was encountered, resulting in a well-stratified sequence that averaged around two metres in depth.

Excavation of a Prehistoric and Romano-British landscape was undertaken in 2006. Although the excavation revealed limited evidence of Neolithic activity, an extensive Bronze Age fieldsystem and related settlement was uncovered, together with an Early Bronze Age ring-ditch and cremation cemetery (36 cremations, 1 central inhumation). Settlement features included a number of post-built roundhouses, 4- and 6-post structures, wells, and an extensive scatter of pits and postholes. Middle Iron Age settlement evidence consisted of 3 enclosures and a open settlement of eaves-gully defined roundhouses and pits. Roman acivity was confinded to a smal number of field boundaries.

An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Colne Fen, Earith (NGR TL 3840 7730). The fieldwork was commissioned prior to the extension of the current quarry workings and follows previous investigations within the wider landscape. 0.52ha and c. 50m of trial-trenching were excavated targeting specific cropmarks and areas archaeological features investigated during an earlier evaluation. With the site, north of Rhee Lake and abutting the Langdale Hale complex, the excavation provided evidence for activity dating back to the Mesolithic, including a Bronze Age field boundary and a substantial Iron Age enclosure and roundhouse and the continuation of Romano-British activity from Langdale Hale towards Rhee Lakeside. Evidence for the Rhee Lake palaeochannel was present in the form of a large swathe of alluvial clay, almost entirely devoid of archaeological features.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit on land at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. The archaeological investigation revealed remnants of an Iron Age enclosure ditch previously recorded by Mary Cra'ster in 1967. The results of the evaluation provide limited evidence of Iron Age activity with extensive disturbance from the Hospital's construction.

Cambridge Archaeology Unit carried out an archaeological evaluation on land at Babraham Research Campus comprised of trial trenching 400m to the west of Babraham Hall. The evaluation exposed a palaeo-channel and a low density of Roman and post-Medieval activity in the form of two boundary ditches and one medium- sized pit.

Following evaluation, a 1600m2 open area excavation was undertaken on land at Westfield Farm, Ely, between the 29th of November and the 22nd of December 2006. During the course of this work fifteen plough-damaged graves were uncovered, dating from the late 7th century AD. The majority of these burials were oriented west-east and nine were accompanied by grave goods, with two graves in particular containing rich assemblages. The first of these graves was a centrally located 'founder burial' which may originally have been sealed beneath a barrow, the second was one of the few satellite interments to have been placed on a non west-east alignment. The cemetery is contemporary with the foundation of the first monastery at Ely, and appears to contain at least one elite female individual.

A watching brief was carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unitc onsisting of monitoring the investigation of magnetic anomalies and also the excavation of geotechnical test pits. Both surveys took place across Oakington Airfield and on land adjacent to Longstanton Golf Course. Given the extensive nature of both surveys the monitoring watching brief concentrated test pits within the vicinity of known sites. Additional excavations in non-archaeologically sensitive areas were monitored only as and when the opportunity arose. Three possible archaeological features were identified, comprising an undated ditch, a soil layer containing Roman pottery and an amorphos rectangular feature which may have been natural in character.

This archaeological desktop addendum has been commissioned by WSP Environmental to include further archaeological work conducted in the Longstanton environs since the previous assessment (Evans & Dickens 2002) and not reported in the three fieldwork reports of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit�s (CAU) investigations between 2004 and 2006. Principally concerned with fieldwork conducted by other archaeological units and the CAU�s investigations at Striplands Farm, the aim of this document is to place these within the wider context of the Longstanton environs.

This archaeological desk top assessment was requested by Ashwell in order to assess the likely impact of development on any archaeological remains in a Proposed Development Area and surrounding land centred on TL 184 989, due west of Peterborough Station. Evaluation of the archival, aerial and cartographic evidence shows the site to be located in an area with known archaeological significance from the Roman and medieval periods, with a probability of some on-site disturbance from railway and commercial use in the 20th Century.