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This archaeological desktop assessment has been commissioned by Januarys Commercial Property Consultants. The area, known as the Old Mailings, comprises 0.56ha (TL644640) to the west of Fordham Road and is currently occupied by small business units, housing and a veterinary practice, and is located within the Newmarket Conservation Area The principal objective of the document is to examine the potential for archaeology occurring within the proposal area and to examine the significance of any such remains and the likely hood of its survival. The study sets the findings in the context of the relevant legislation, both national and local.

In April 2004 the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook a programme of archaeological fieldwalking at Knobbs Farm, Somersham Quarry, Cambridgeshire (TL 365 790), on behalf of Lafarge Redland Aggregates Ltd. in advance of proposed gravel extraction. The fieldwalking formed part of an ongoing programme of archaeological investigations at Knobbs Farm.

An archaeological evaluation commissioned by the Anthony Byrne Partnership on behalf of Peterborough Community Church was undertaken at land off Parnwell Way and Oxney Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Within the excavated trenches traces of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement activity were recorded. Features included postholes, gullies, linear and curvilinear ditches.

Located in Jesus College, Cambridge, the fieldwork was undertaken anticipating the construction of a new Maintenance Workshop and Gardner�s Compound. The c.580sqm plot site lies immediately exterior to the historical core of Cambridge, falling in the northeast quarter of the College�s grounds at TL 4552 6191, away from any known early College and/or Nunnery buildings. The site was subject to evaluation fieldwork in the later summer of 2003, and the site was subject to archaeological excavation in the later summer of 2003. Five phases of activity were recorded dating to the later Neolithic/Bronze Age, Iron Age, Romano-British, medieval and post-Medieval periods. Following on the excavations, the March and April the CAU conducted a watching brief over a 120 length of service trenching whose route ran east from just south of the site.

Six trenches were opened on the Perse School playing field, off Latham Close, Cambridge. These revealed that the area had been extensively quarried, and only a small area of undisturbed ground remained. Two ditches of Roman date were discovered.

The objective of this report is to examine the probability of archaeological remains occurring along the proposed 33kv reinforcement route and to assess the likely impact of the works upon any such remains. This report follows on from an earlier study of the principal proposed route, but in this case considers some alternatives and an extension. The study sets the findings in the context of the known archaeological and historical background of the area, and proposes a broad scheme of mitigation based on the findings.

This report represents the results of two phases of archaeological investigations carried out at the Holwood Estate, Bromley on behalf of Taylor Woodrow Developments Ltd. Both phases of work focused on the escarpment that surrounded a large circular office block known as the Redwood Centre that was to be replaced by the new development. Archaeological investigations carried out by the West Kent Archaeological Group during the construction of the Redwood Centre in 1979/80 had identified a series of large ditches reported to be similar in character to the earthworks of the adjacent scheduled Iron Age hillfort (SAM LO101). These ditches were reported to extend beneath the site of the Redwood although the exact location was never published. With the Redwood Centre about to be demolished new archaeological work was commissioned in the hope that the �lost� ditches could be relocated and understood in the context of their wider landscape setting. The first phase of investigation focused on the cleaning and exposing the existing �batter� within which the Redwood Building stood and was carried out in September 2003 prior to demolition. The second phase occurred in March 2004 after the Redwood had been demolished and concentrated on a 5m wide swathe at the top edge of the same batter slope.

An archaeological evaluation commissioned by Andrew Blackwell of Carter Jonas was undertaken on behalf of Wilson Connolly at Burdett Nurseries, Eastrea Road, Whittlesey. Within the excavated trenches traces of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement activity were recorded. Features included posthole clusters, gullies, ditched enclosures and field boundaries. Medieval activity was evident in the form of plough furrows.

An archaeological evaluation commissioned by CgMs Consulting was undertaken at land just east of Parnwell Way, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Within the excavated trenches traces of later Bronze Age-Early Iron Age and Romano-British settlement activity were recorded. Features included post-holes, pits, gullies, linear and curvilinear ditches.

Excavations at Westbury Farm, Great Offley, (TL 1415 2710) during August and October 1999 in advance of housing development by Ashtenne Residential Ltd and following a brief by North Hertforshire District Council revealed significant Early Medieval settlement remains of the 10th to 13th centuries relating to a manorial settlement. Evidence of ditched enclosures, timber buildings and a variety of other remains were discovered. Less significant Prehistoric, Post-Medieval and Modern remains were also encountered, while the Roman and Early/Middle Saxon periods were only represented by residual material. A standing building survey indicated that whilst Westbury Farm contained substantial 15th and 16th century elements the rest of the farm buildings are 19th and 20th century in date, contradicting the earlier belief that some of them were 17th century.

Cambridge Archaeological Unit carried out an archaeological evaluation on land at the
sewage treatment works, Upwood, Cambridgeshire; with the aim of establishing the
presence, date, scope and extent of any subsoil archaeological features. The evaluation
consequently comprised a systematic programme of trial trenching over the area. The
trench within the sewage works compound revealed low-density archaeological activity
in the form of drainage/boundary ditches.

This desktop assessment has been commissioned by in advance of a planning application for gravel quarrying. The purpose of the report is to collate and summarise the known and potential archaeology of the proposed development area and its environs, and to assess the likely character, quality and preservation of the archaeological remains within the development area itself.