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Evaluation trenches at Knobbs Farm revealed evidence for the westward continuation of archaeological features excavated early in 2004. A possible late Iron Age/early Romano-British droveway was recorded that continued to the north as a cropmark. This appeared to be contemporary with formally laid out field boundary ditches that could be seen continuing west from those previously excavated. Further evidence of Roman burials was recorded. The recovery of one cremation provided dating evidence for this practice not established in the excavation.

Further archaeological investigations were undertaken by a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit on land adjacent to the A10 Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire (centred NGR 488 690) in January 2002. The work was commissioned by M. Dickerson Ltd. prior to the construction of an Integrated Waste Management Park (IWM Park). It was carried out according to a specification approved by Andy Thomas of the Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Office. The investigation comprised a programme of excavation and trial trenching over an area of 11 hectares that was intended to clarify the results of earlier trial trenching on the site. Three further undated cremations were located in the vicinity of a postulated 4th century AD Romano-British temple. In addition, prehistoric activity and Romano-British gravel quarries and field boundaries were identified.

Between the 1st and 10th December 2003, the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook an archaeological excavation in the grounds of Wilderspin Garage, Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire (TL 3378/6820), in advance of the proposed redevelopment of the site. The excavation was carried out in accordance with a specification of works and was monitored by the County Archaeology Office (CAO) of Cambridgeshire County Council.

Evaluation fieldwork first took place on the site in June 1996 and instigated what has become a continuing and extensive archaeological programme within the larger quarry area. In the late summer of 2001 a nine month-long programme of excavation commenced, the work being carried out by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) on behalf of Hanson Aggregates Ltd. The present quarry area is located on the fen-edge, approximately 1km south-east of Somersham and 1km north-east of Colne. The area of investigation was within two fields lying east and west of the track formerly leading to Colne Fen Farm (centred TL 37757825) and covered an area of 5.14 hectares.

On 20th May 2003, a watching brief was carried out by Cambridge Archaeological Unit on behalf of Bourn Hall Clinic, Bourn (TL 3230 5619), in order to monitor the groundwork stages of the rebuilding of a 19th century wall. The site is located approximately 9 miles west of Cambridge. Despite the potential for medieval and 17th century archaeology, nothing of archaeological significance relating to these periods was observed during this watching brief.

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken at the Flag Fen Sewage Plant in collaboration with a Geotechnical survey. Within the majority of the excavated test pits a series of fenland deposits were recorded consisting of peat formations and alluvial clays. The excavation of Test Pit 4 was stopped due to the discovery of a layer of wood that included possible Bronze Age worked timbers.

This report outlines the results of evaluation fieldwork across a c.169 area of the Over terraces along the lower reaches of the River Great Ouse. Representing the area of the second five-year intake of the river's eastern terraces for Hanson Aggregates' Needingworth Quarry, it also included additional riverside fields relating to the quarry's long-term restoration. The investigations revealed a delta-like landscape marked by raised gravel islands delineated by the braided palaeochannels of the river.

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. 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.

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on behalf of Hanson Aggregates Ltd at Baston Quarry (No. 2), Langtoft, Lincolnshire. This followed on from previous excavations in the immediately adjacent area (Hall 1999, Dickens & Patten forthcoming, Redding forthcoming). Within the excavated trenches traces of prehistoric settlement activity were recorded. Clusters and groups of postholes indicated individual structures and gullies enclosed areas. Romano-British and Medieval activity was evidenced in the form of a number of linears (representing field systems) recorded throughout the evaluated area.

Archaeological evaluation by field survey was undertaken on land at Lodge Farm, Costessey by a team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit in June 2003. The work involved systematic field walking and metal detecting over an area of 8.5 ha. It formed the second phase of field survey on the 18 ha site in advance of a planning application for residential development. The investigation revealed a density of late Neolithic/early Bronze Age worked flint, especially on the higher ground to the west of the site. A later Bronze Age axe was recovered from the eastern end of the area, probably representing an outlier from a known later Bronze Age metalwork hoard. In addition a low density of Post Medieval pottery, tile, glass and metalwork was collected across the site. The results complimented those from the first phase of the field survey and once again indicated a high potential for the discovery of late Neolithic and early Bronze Age activity within the development area. In addition more intensive zones of early Bronze Age activity were identified as well as a potential for later Bronze Age activity relating to the metalwork hoard.

Three trenches were opened on the site of the former slaughterhouse to the rear of 71 to 75 High Street, Great Dunmow. Two of the trenches revealed no deposits of archaeological interest, but the third contained a large 16th/17th century feature, possibly related to the local leather or cloth industries.

The archaeology of the site dates principally to the mid/late Saxon through to early Medieval - the 8th to 13th centuries. There are also small, and less important, elements from the Bronze Age, Roman and post-Medieval periods. The earlier material, small assemblages of struck flint and Roman pottery, is all clearly residual, none of the features recorded are attributable to any period before the 8th century AD. However, some of the Roman pottery in Trench 7 , at the south-west of the site, is of a size and condition that may suggest relatively close proximity to a Romano-British settlement.