Antiquarian excavation by Prof. T. McKenny Hughes at the parish gravel pit near Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, possibly in 1904 - EEX38427

This is the probable location of the antiquarian excavation of Roman rubbish pits described in EHER 13960, as well as in EHER 4929 and EHER 4949 which are mapped to other possible (but probably incorrect) locations. Source <2> describes one pit was excavated by Prof. McKenny Hughes and another with the assistance of Baron von Hugel. This record is duplicated by EEX17095 (and possibly also by EEX58058) which records the excavation at an alternative (but probably incorrect) location. The precise year of the excavation is uncertain. Source<1> describes the discovery as in the early 19th century, whilst source <2> attributes the event to the 1870s (late 19th century). Prior to the accessioning of the NRHE record, EHER 4929 attributed the discovery to possibly the early 20th century, whilst this event record attributes the date of the excavation as 1904.