Addenbrookes Hospital Water Main Diversion: An Archaeological Investigation

Abstract

An archaeological trial trench investigation undertaken along the route of the proposed new watermain diversion west of Ropbinson Way and south of Long Road Sixth Form College identified very little archaeology, the exception being a cluster of Early Anglo-Saxon pits and a well at its western end. These contained small amounts of domestic and craft-working refuse and some 5th-6th century decorated hand-made pottery. This pit cluster must represent the fringes of Saxon settlement in the area which straddles the Roman Road which passes from Long Road College playing field through the southern end of the Hutchison site.