Archaeological evaluation on land to the west of Granta Cottages, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1PE: July 2016

An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching was carried out on land to the west of Granta Cottages, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex in advance of the construction of a new
dwelling. The development site lies within the south-western corner of the site of the scheduled Roman town. The evaluation revealed the remains of a large (2m-wide) robber-trench, aligned south-west to north-east. Probably representing the 4th-century Roman town wall, the robber-trench appears to be on the same alignment as part of a wall foundation identified in 2013 at No 4 Granta Cottages. Three Roman pits, two undated pits and an undated linear feature, possibly a ditch, were also excavated.