The Cow and Calf, Albion Row, Cambridge: An Archaeological Desk-top Assessment

Abstract

A desk based assessment was carried out for the site currently occupied by the Cow and Calf Public House. The site lies within the 4th century walled town of Cambridge and close to the line of one of the principal streets. Finds dating from the later Iron Age onwards have been made in close proximity to the site which must be considered to have a high archaeological potential. Work on the later period shows that the current building is the second to bear the name, the original being built around 1870 and demolished between 1911 and 1925 during widening of Albion Row.