Land at 5/6 Clerk Maxwell Road, Cambridge

Abstract

This report details the results of archaeological trial trenching at Clerk Maxwell Road, Cambridge (centred on TL 43310 25902; Figure 1). The work was undertaken by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) over a week beginning 1st February 2021. The results of the trenching confirm that remains associated with the second to fourth century AD Roman phases of the Vicar’s Farm settlement extend beneath Clerk Maxwell Road and into the northwest corner of the evaluation area where evidence of comparatively intense archaeological activity was recorded in Trenches 1 and 2. To the south and east a relatively sharp drop-off in the level of archaeological activity was recorded with just three ditches – probably representing elements of a field system – encountered in the remaining trenches.