The Old Fire Station, Huntingdon Street, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire. An Archaeological Desktop Assessment

Abstract

This archaeological desk top assessment was requested by Turnstone Estates to assess the potential for the survival of archaeological features and heritage assets on the site of the proposed development of the Old Fire Station Site, Household Waste Disposal Site and Recreation Ground, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Buildings are recorded in the western half of the site dating from the mid 18th century to the present day. Evidence of metalworking, settlement and burial activity has been identified during previous archaeological fieldwork adjoining and close to the proposed development spanning the prehistoric to post-Medieval periods. Significant Anglo-Saxon and Medieval activity has been found in close proximity to the site, including a cremation cemetery.