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An archaeological excavation was conducted in the meadow to the southeast of Magingley Hall (NGR 3926 6043). Substantive settlement evidence dating from Saxon times was discovered. Ditches, probably tofts or field boundaries, containing significant quantities of Mid-Saxon to Medieval pottery were excavated. Major changes in land use were observed following the acquisition of this former village land and construction of Madingley Hall and its grounds in the mid-sixteenth century. The development and subsequent destruction of the western arm of the village could be identified. Landscaping occurred again in the mid-eighteenth century when Capability Brown designed a new layout for the gardens to the north and east of the Hall, consequently preserving as earthworks the remains of the former houses and garden plots of the once thriving west street of Madingley village.

This desk-top study was commissioned by The ASH Partnership, acting as consultants to Kirkpatrick and Partners, Consulting Engineers to the Department of Transport Eastern Region. The project consists of a desktop study of the known archaeology of an irregular route corridor approximately 2 kilometres wide extending from the A605/Fletton Parkway junction (Peterborough) northwest to Stamford, a distance of 23 kilometres (see Figure 1). This study fulfils a brief set by The ASH Partnership and seen by English Heritage (dated 3/4/92). The goals of the study are: 1. Identify known and probable sites threatened by the proposed road widening scheme; to provide some measure of the density of probable archaeological sites along the route; to identify areas of highest archaeological sensitivity and areas of highest potential, 2. prepare a report addressing suitable options of A l upgrading, particularly in the Water Newton area.

Two test pits were excavated by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit in April 1992 in the area of the proposed extensions to the present church.

ARC Ltd. have commissioned this desktop study in advance of their application for a quarry at Willimngham/Over, Cambridgeshire. The main study area extends west from the River Great Ouse to the Willingham/Earith road, and south from the Old West River to the village lands of Over and Willingham (the line of Dockeral Brook). Lying as it does where the River Great Ouse enters the fen basin, the study area falls at an area of critical landscape juncture: fen, ' up ' - /dry-land, river valley, backwater system and mere. Consequently its environmental and settlement history is complex. An historical landscape focus, this area is where the post-medieval drainage of the region had its point of original - the Bedford level - and the adjacent length of West River is thought to have been canalized by the Romans (The Car Dyke or Old Tillage). 2km to the east lies Belsar's Hill, a major ringwork fortification of probable Iron Age date that commands the landward approach to the Aldreth Causeway leading to the Isle of Ely. While of much later date, the existence of a star-shaped Civil War fort, The Bulwark, in the Washes at the southern end of the Bedford Level would similarly attest to this as a strategic landscape 'hub'.

In March 1992 a watching brief was conducted in two construction trenches dug by the developers, Rattee and Kett, during alteration and building works at the Emmanuel College Kitchens, Cambridge (NGR TL 452/583). Access was permitted to allow for the full recording of features;

Archaeological investigations at Kirtling Towers, Cambridgeshire, produce evidence from the Roman, Saxo-Normal, Tudor and later Post-Medieval periods. These included a double timber revetted bank inside the moat, as well as the remains of Tudor garden walls. Geophysical surveys within the moated enclosure and on the house platform revealed the pattern of the Tudor garden and the position and dimensions of the walls of the original house. This, combined with documentary and pictorial evidence, provided material for a wider discussion of the Saxo-Norman and Tudor occupation of the site.

An archaeological field evaluation was undertaken across a 80 ha site in advance of a new golf course at Longstanton, Cambridge, in January 1991 (Evans 1991). The results of this work highlighted the intensity of activity in two known archaeologically sensitive areas, where the cropmarks of both irregular and rectilinear Iron Age/Romano-British enclosures were associated with field systems and droveways (Site I - SMR: 09548; TL 404672 and Site II - SMR: 08296; TL 399673). In addition a previously unknown Iron Age settlement, preserved beneath the mound of a Medieval windmill, was also discovered (Site III, Hatton�s Mill: TL 4002 6707). An extensive Medieval landscape of open fields covered the development area and the pattern of the plough headlands was recorded.

Anticipating the construction of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, archaeological investigations took place in May 1992. The Institute building will occupy the eastern courtyard in the Downing Site of the University (NGR: TL 4510/5818, Figs. 1 and 2). The site is situated on the Second River Terrace gravels which lie between 9.30-9.57m OD in the development area, sloping from southeast to northwest.

An archaeological investigation was conducted in the Music Rooms, Trinity College, Cambridge. Three walls evidently relating to the King�s Hall, which predates the College, were exposed beneath the floor of the �Undercroft�.

This desk-top study was commissioned by Savills International Property Consultants on behalf of B. S. Pension Fund Trustee Ltd. This study examines the known and potential archaeology of the area of the proposed golf course at Tithe and Wood Farms, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire (Fig. 1). A c. 1 kilometre berm surrounding the study area has been examined in order to provide a sense of broader landscape context. While no excavation has occurred within this immediate area, it was fieldwalked by David Hall in the early 1980s during the English Heritage Fenland Project. The records of this survey have been made available. The Cambridgeshire Sites and Monuments Record has been interrogated and historical and geological research has been undertaken. Site inspection for this study was carried out on the 30th of June, 1992. This desk-top study does not propose any specific body of works. Adjudication regarding further investigation of known or potential sites rests with the County Archaeological Office as advisors to county and district authorities.

Anticipating the construction of a Library and Computing Centre, in July, 1992, the C.A.U. was commissioned by Jesus College to undertake an archaeological field assessment. Situated within the College grounds south of the Chapel, the site is set back from Jesus Lane by c. 5 - 12m (TL 5425/5882). It presently falls within the area of a temporary yard and extends west for 3 - 11m into the Master's Garden. On its eastern side the builder's y a r d is bounded b y a listed brick wall. Thought in part to be of 16/17th century date, it will be demolished should the proposed development proceed. The new building will encroach west into the paved passageway on the other side of the wall, where unfortunately it was impractical to excavate at this time (fig. 1). In response to the development proposals the field assessment was Undertaken with three major aims. Firstly, to investigate the presence/absence, 'character', degree of preservation and chronological range of archaeological deposits. Secondly, in relationship to Richmond's recent proposal that the nuns' cemetery might lie adjacent to the southern side of the Chapel axial opposite the cloister (instead of as usually thought its north side; 1992: 3 - 4), the issue of whether graves extend into this area was also a priority. Finally, the listed brick all was investigated in order to more firmly establish its date and determine the construction of its foundation (e.g. the potential re-use of Medieval moulded building stone in its fabric). As the fieldwork progressed a more general research objective arose. That is, the fact that this site has witnessed the succession of a nunnery by a (Medieval) college, each circumscribed and largely gender-exclusive communities. Given the pressures of time and budgetary restraints, we were unable to re-direct the excavations in such a way so as to satisfactorily address this issue - that must await future investigations. Nevertheless, awareness of it influenced h ow the site was conceptualised and eventually interpreted (see concluding Discussion).

An archaeological investigation was carried out at Walsingham House, Ely. Evidence was found for late Iron age occupation, Saxo-Norman quarrying, the Sacrist�s garden from the Medieval period, and Post-medieval building on the north side of the Medieval infirmary.