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Phase 5 of archaeological excavation work took place at Broom Quarry on behalf of Tarmac Quarry Products (Central) Ltd. The area investigated comprised 14.9 hectares and was centred around TL 1710 4380. The work was undertaken during February 2000 by a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit.

This desktop study was commissioned by the Building Design Partnership on behalf of University Estates Management and Building Service as a preliminary stage in the development proposals. The area of study is the block of land bounded by Mill Lane to the south, Silver Street to the north, Trumpington Street to the east and Laundress Lane to the west. This desktop brings together all the currently available information concerning the known and the potential archaeological remains in the immediate area, as well as tracing the history and development of the Pitt Press.

A trench-based evaluation was carried out on land to the rear of 117�153 High Street, Fletton, Peterborough in April 2000. Early medieval agricultural remains were uncovered. These comprise a pond, a metalled surface or hard-standing and two large ditches, one of which was possibly a ha-ha. The pond and metalling may have been associated with the medieval manor house; the ditches, with the post-medieval manor farm. The pottery recovered from the pond and metalled surface largely dated to the 13th and 14th centuries, that from the ditches, to the 15th or16th centuries. The pottery sequence included Ely glazed wares and Stamford and Lyvenden Wares. Architectural fragments in the modern overburden, may possibly be from Fletton manor house, demolished in the first half of the 20th century.

This desktop assessment has been commissioned by January's, Chartered Surveyors on behalf of the Girton Town Charity Trust as a preliminary step in the process of evaluating the potential for archaeological remains within the development area. The study includes a review of the Sites and Monuments record, as well as other published material pertaining to the immediate area. An assessment of the aerial photographic evidence is included. The desktop study has been completed in advance of the field evaluation and the results of this research will contribute to a review of the suitability and scope of the proposed evaluation strategy.

Archaeological evaluation trenching within the grounds of the former Rockwell and APV Works, on behalf of HM Prison Service, has traced elements of Bronze Age settlement and enclosure. Comprising a pit containing Collared Urn fragments, two linear boundaries or field ditches, part of a substantial enclosure, and a stone and pottery lined posthole, the identified prehistoric features represent a subtle, but regionally familiar, pattern of Early to Late Bronze Age inhabitation. Significantly, given the sites comparatively elevated topographical location, the discovery would appear to demonstrate that the extensive fen-edge fen-edge Bronze Age fieldsystems can also be traced Peterborough�s 'urban' high ground. Surprisingly, one small piece of abraded recovered from a residual context represents the sum total of Roman archaeology encountered within the evaluation trenching. Extensive Post-Medieval ridge and furrow was traced across a large part of the site and found to contain within its headland and furrows a background flint scatter.

This desktop assessment has been commissioned by Mott MacDonald Limited on behalf of the Imperial War Museum before planning proposals are submitted for one of two possible locations for the relocated IWM film archive store. Site 1 is located opposite Heath Farm and approximately 80m to the south of the A505 in the parish of Thriplow (centred on TL 4430 4390). Site 2 lies on the north side of Grange Road to the west of Ickleton (centred on TL 4740 4260). An evaluation of the potential for archaeological remains in both locations (Sites 1 & 2), will assist in the final choice of re-location. The study includes a review of the Sites and Monuments record, as well as other published material pertaining to the immediate area. An assessment of the aerial photographic evidence is included.

A series of eight evaluation trenches were opened on the site of the former Pye Radio and Television Works, St Andrews Road, Chesterton, in advance of proposed re-development. The trenches concentrated on two main areas of the site, the largest of which was in the footprint of the demolished Pye factory block, now a car park. The second area lay towards the church and included part of the Old Manor House or Great Farm complex. Trenches covering the Pye factory block revealed widespread modern truncation and disturbance through extensive sand and gravel quarrying and the impact of factory building foundations and services. Some archaeological artefacts were recovered from quarrying back-fill in Trench 5 but these had been removed from context and could only suggest a nearby archaeological presence. The trenches by the Old Manor House complex entirely substantiated information found on the earliest maps of the area (1830) in regard of Lovers Walk, and located the outbuildings of the Old Manor House. Extensive quarrying for sand and gravel had also seriously truncated the surrounding area and no discreet archaeological features were recorded, however some of the quarry pits were of a Late Medieval date. To conclude it appears almost certain that potential early archaeological remains in the former Pye Radio and Television Works have been removed by modern truncation.

Two trenches excavated within the grounds of Holwood House, on behalf of the Crest Nicholson Group, located the real position of the southern edge of the Iron A g e hillfort. The outer rampart, outer ditch and counterscarp bank were revealed, and as expected, found to be situated outside the current Scheduled Ancient Monument perimeter. Adding to earlier evaluation work, the true line of the southern defences were also found to coincide with existing earthworks which had previously been presumed to be related to garden landscaping and recent industrial development. Combined, the excavated ditch and bank segments and re-discovered earthworks represent a substantial reconstruction of the southern defences that complement Milne's 1790 survey.

A trench-based evaluation was carried out on a 1026 square metre plot of land to the south of West Fen Road, Ely, that lies between areas of Iron Age, Roman, late Saxon and early Medieval occupation excavated during 1999 and the spring of 2000 to the north and south. A dense multi-period distribution of archaeological features was revealed by the evaluation, representing the continuation of the Iron Age/Roman and Late Saxon settlements into this area. Of particular note were a subsoil layer interpreted as a midden, possibly of Iron Age date, and a repeatedly recut ditched boundary which may define the northern limit to at least one phase of the late Saxon settlement. A buried ploughsoil developed after the abandonment of the Saxon settlement in the 13th century and was overlain by a rough cobbled surface of 13th-14th century date.

Sixteen trial trenches were dug in an area of former allotments at Wellbrook Way, Girton, Cambridgeshire, to test for the presence of archaeology before the site was developed. Although truncated by later arable activity, remnants of furrow suggest the whole area was within the medieval field system. Some late Medieval and early Post-medieval features were excavated and further early activity was implied by residual Neolithic flints and Iron Age and Roman pottery found in later features. Other undated pits and ditches were cut by the medieval furrows and later deep plough marks and field drains.

A desk based assessment was carried out for the site currently occupied by the Cow and Calf Public House. The site lies within the 4th century walled town of Cambridge and close to the line of one of the principal streets. Finds dating from the later Iron Age onwards have been made in close proximity to the site which must be considered to have a high archaeological potential. Work on the later period shows that the current building is the second to bear the name, the original being built around 1870 and demolished between 1911 and 1925 during widening of Albion Row.

A Proposal has been made for redevelopment of the GoEast site on Station Road, Cambridge, which extends over c. 2580 sq metres on the north side of Station Road (NGR TL46059 57323). Given that the site lies in an area of archaeological potential, further information is required prior to determination of any mitigation strategy. Mott MacDonald have appointed the Cambridge Archaeological Unit to carry out a desktop assessment to collate and assess information relating to the site's archaeological potential.