Land at Grange Farm, Cambridge. An Archaeological Desk Top Assessment.

Abstract

This archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned by Savills on behalf of St John’s College to assess the potential impact of a proposed development area (PDA) of c. 4.6ha site at Grange Farm, (TL 42775 58501). Located south of the West Cambridge site and between the M11, Barton Road and the University Sports Ground, the PDA is irregular in shape. A quantity of Roman pottery has been found within the PDA, with archaeological features from the wider landscape including settlement related activity dating from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. A Roman road, oriented northeast-southwest, runs along the extreme south-eastern boundary of the PDA, with the southern boundary denoted by the regularised Medieval Edwin’s Ditch. Evidence of ridge and furrow agriculture is present throughout the PDA and wider environs.