Trinity Hall Boat House, Cambridge. An Archaeological Evaluation.

Abstract

A single test pit (c. 2x2m) was excavated by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) in order to evaluate the archaeological potential of the site of a new boathouse extension at Trinity Hall Boathouse, Cambridge (centred on TL 4576 5911). The test pit revealed a deep alluvial sequence (extending to over 4m below the current ground level) capped by a series of dumped soil layers containing 16th-17th and 19th-20th century pottery and presumably representing a process of reclamation and utilisation of this riverside zone during the post-medieval period.