The Cambridge Hospital, Trumpington Road, Cambridge: A desktop assessment.

Abstract

This archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned on behalf of Nuffield Health to assess the potential impact of a proposed development area of c. 1.2ha on the site of Cambridge Hospital, Trumpington Road (TL 4331 5710). Set within a suburban landscape, the proposed development is located in an area with known archaeology dating from prehistory into the modern period, including evidence of Bronze Age and Roman fieldsystems, a Roman cemetery and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. The later construction of Hobson’s Conduit, the pre-existing road layout and surviving nearby commons continue to determine the suburban nature of the area. It is within this framework of previous and current land use and known archaeology that further evidence of past human activity is likely to be encountered within the proposed development area, especially those areas that have remained largely undisturbed by building foundations and services.