The Edith Cavell Hospital Site: An Archaeological Evaluation

Abstract

An archaeological evaluation carried out in the grounds of the Edith Cavell Hospital, Peterborough, demonstrated an archaeological ‘blank’. Seventeen trenches produced two pieces of worked flint, a single of prehistoric potsherd and a fragment of bottle glass, but no archaeological features. Headland or sub-soil deposits were present within trenches located across the southern half of the evaluation area, whereas the northern most trenches indicated a truncated zone perhaps associated with the construction of the current hospital buildings.