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Archaeological excavation was undertaken by a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit at Colmworth Business Park, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambridgeshire (centred NGR TL 517111 258001) in December 2004. The work was commissioned by Artisan (UK) Developments Ltd in advance of construction of a nursery, an office building and associated car parks. A total area of 1310m2 was excavated revealing early Neolithic pits containing frequent pottery, flint, and carbonised hazelnut shells and cereal grains. A Romano-British ditch and the remains of a probable cultivation system were also discovered.

This report outlines the first stage of �surface� investigation - geophysical and fieldwalking surveys - of the 105.8ha Clay Farm application area.

An archaeological investigation was undertaken by a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) at Audley End House, Essex (centred NGR 552100 238450) in February 2005. The work was commissioned by English Heritage in advance of the development of a visitor facilities and a car parking area. Within the excavated trenches, traces of post-medieval garden walls and a cultivation structure were recorded. The structure is thought to be a cultivation frame or pit, and may have been used for growing melons.

The Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) carried out an archaeological evaluation on the Addenbrooke�s 2020 Lands between November 2004 and January 2005. The three fields comprising the evaluation area cover c. 24ha. The site is located along the western and southern perimeter of Addenbrooke�s Hospital, between Robinson Way and the Railway line,

On the 8th and 9th of March 2005 a watching brief was carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on two fields, designated H and Q, at Striplands Farm, Longstanton northwest of Cambridge. Twenty-two geological test pits were then sunk across the site. These fields had evaluation fieldwork undertaken across them in 2004, which exposed activity spanning the late Bronze Age to Saxo-Norman periods. Investigations to the southeast of the site, also undertaken by the CAU have encountered late Iron Age, Romano-British and Saxon settlement, as well as a post- Medieval windmill mound. Excavations to the southwest of the site have provided information concerning the later Saxon/Early Medieval origins of Longstanton.

An archaeological excavation covering c.46m2 undertaken between August and November 2004 in and around Hostel Yard of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, (TL 4482 5286) on behalf of the College. The excavations revealed a stratified sequence of Saxo-Norman to Early Post-Medieval features and deposits. Activity began in the 11th and 12th centuries in the form of quarry pits, challenging the idea that Trumpington Street is a major axis of the town from the early 10th century onwards. The site becomes distinctively urban in the 13th century, with the appearance of boundary ditches, and activity continues, albeit at a relatively low level, until the late 14th century, although much of the area was used for gardening or horticulture. Activity increases during the late 14th and 15th centuries, reaching a peak during the 16th and early 17th centuries when there are a number of large rubbish pits containing substantial assemblages of domestic refuse, evidence for small scale industry and a substantial stone lined cess pit. The digging of features ceased by the mid 17th century and there are no archaeological deposits of the late 17th or 18th centuries. In the 1820�s Corpus Christi College demolished all the existing structures from the area, taking over part of it and regularising the layout. In the 1930�s the College took over more of the area.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on behalf of CEMEX-RMC Materials (Eastern) Limited at Tanholt Farm, Eye Quarry, Eye, Peterborough. This work carried on from previous phases of excavation. Twenty-four trenches were excavated, twenty-two of which contained archaeology. Five phases of activity were encountered throughout the excavated trenches, a Late Neolithic pit, Late Bronze Age pits/watering holes and field systems, two Romano-British field systems with associated settlement activity and a Post-Medieval droveway. Prehistoric features, pits and watering-holes were concentrated towards the northern half of the site with a heavier concentration of this activity to the east and close to previous phases of work, while the Romano-British field systems covered most of the area under investigation.

In December 2004 a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit conducted a fourth phase of archaeological investigations at the former Tower Works site, Mallory Road, Fengate, Peterborough (centred TL 2046 9887). The work was carried out on behalf of Marshal Motor Group in advance of commercial development. It comprised a programme of targeted trial trenching, a series of intensive buried soil investigations, and open area excavation (0.1ha). The investigations revealed further traces of a Bronze Age field system and the southern edge of a late 2nd to 4th century Romano-British farmstead. Settlement features included the corner of a ditched enclosure, a possible granary structure, and a well containing a large assemblage of pottery and tile. Surrounding these features was a dark �artefact enriched� buried soil indicating either horticultural activity or off-site middening. The results complement those from previous investigations at the site. In addition they provide further context for the important assemblages of finds salvaged from adjacent quarry pits by G. Wyman Abbott in the early 20th century.

Observations were carried out on the cutting of a trench for a new gas supply on the west side of Marshall�s Airfield, Cambridge. One clear feature was identified, a ditch containing Middle/Late Iron Age pottery and animal bone. The feature is outside the broad zone previously identified as having Iron Age associations.

This desktop study has been commissioned by Januarys on behalf of Cambridge City Council. This follows the proposed redevelopment of the premises at Paradise Street/Grafton Street, currently occupied by the Anglia Polytechnic University (centred TL45690 58265). The site lies within the centre of an area locally known as the Kite; a plot bounded by Parkside, East Road, Maids Causeway and Emmanuel Road. The site itself occupies a stretch of land between Paradise Street and Grafton Street, incorporating the former school buildings, and Numbers 9 and 10 Grafton Street. The premises occupy c.456 square metres (0.05ha), the majority of the site being standing buildings with a small yard area to the rear. The site lies on the Third Terrace gravels.

Between the 7th-13th April, a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook a field evaluation by trial trenching and test pitting at 3 Sylvester Road, Cambridge (TL 54364 25836). The programme of works was conducted on behalf of Robinson College in anticipation of the construction of a new Graduate accommodation building and related services. Lying immediately adjacent to the projected line of Roman Akeman Street, no Roman features or finds were retrieved from the trenches. The recovered material was exclusively post-medieval in date, deriving from the �garden soil� topsoil and subsoil. No archaeological features were uncovered.

During a two-week period from 8th February 2005 to the 17th February 2005 a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) carried out an archaeological excavation on behalf of the Anthony Byrne Partnership on a development area, immediately north-east of the junction of Parnwell Way and Oxney Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (centred on TL 2180/0090). The site was investigated after an initial evaluation by the CAU showed evidence of a Late Bronze Age field system, and Iron Age and Romano-British activity.