An Archaeological Evaluation at Papworth Everard South-East Quadrant, Cambridgeshire

Abstract

This report concerns the second stage of a two part archaeological evaluation in advance of proposed employment development at Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire (TL290 662) (Figure 1). The work was commissioned by Bidwells Ltd. on behalf of their clients, the Varrier-Jones Foundation and the Papworth Trust in response to an archaeological constraint placed on the planning permission by Cambridgeshire County Council. The evaluated area is part of a larger area - all of which is commonly known as the South-East Quadrant - allocated for residential and employment development in the Adopted South Cambridgeshire Local Plan. The first stage of the evaluation was a desk top study in which the archaeological potential of the site was examined in detail. A summary of the relevant elements of the desk-top study are included in the introductory section of this report. The second stage of the evaluation was a field work assessment programme completed between the 20th -27th of September 1998. Both stages of the evaluation were undertaken by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit.