Roman quarry at Great Chesterford Primary School (EHER 46542)

Excavations in advance of the construction of a new building at Great Chesterford Primary School showed that a large quarry of Roman date occupied almost half of the total area machined.

August 2003. Archaeological excavation. Excavations revealed a large Roman quarry, occupying almost half of the total area machined. It comprised of seven roughly cut pits and continued beyond the eastern edge of the excavation. The pits could have been dug to extract any of the underlying deposits of sand, flint and chalk. The quarry appears to have been excavated in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, before being backfilled during the later 2nd or early 3rd century AD. A single upper fill, which contained pottery dating to the mid 2nd century AD, sealed all the pits. Finds included Roman pottery and ceramic building material. <1> See <2>.