Archaeological evaluation on land behind Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NS: October 2017

CAT Report 1188: summary

by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Stephen Benfield, Lisa Gray)

Summary

An archaeological evaluation (three trial-trenches) was carried out on land behind Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex in advance of the construction of a new pre-school. The evaluation revealed three undated pits, an undated gully, an undated ditch, and a ditch of probable Roman date which may represent the boundary of the eastern cemetery of the Roman
town.

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Location

land behind Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NS

Map Reference

TL 50677 43309 (c)

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