Three Black Birds, Woodditton, Cambridgeshire: An Archaeological Desktop Assessment.

Abstract

This archaeological Desk-Based Assessment (DBA) was commissioned by R&R Design. The DBA is the first stage of archaeological investigation to determine the potential for archaeological remains within the Proposed Development Area (PDA) and assess the likely impact of the development upon those remains. The PDA is situated immediately north of the Three Blackbirds pub in Ditton Green, Woodditton (centred TL 65900 58178). Examination of the archaeological, historical and cartographic evidence shows the PDA to be located toward the centre of the settlement, which developed during the early Medieval period along Ditton Green road. The pub itself and many of the surrounding extant residential properties were built during the 17th-18th centuries and many are Grade II listed buildings. The most significant archaeological and historical evidence pertains to the Late Saxon origins and subsequent Medieval development of the settlement at Ditton Green.