Anglo-Saxon drainage system at Anglian Water Sewage Treatment Works, Great Chesterford (EHER 81135)

A possible Anglo-Saxon drainage system was uncovered.

2003. Excavation. Excavation in 2003 revealed residual artefactual evidence of prehistoric occupation in the previously unexcavated northern half of the site. A single curvilinear gully represented the putative eaves-drip gully of a structure, possibly of later prehistoric date. Remains of middle Saxon, and possibly Roman, drainage features were encountered in the west of the site. In the east of the site there was a complex of features. These were possibly pits and ditches though they may have been naturally formed hollows. These features lacked dating evidence apart from residual worked and burnt flint. Remains of middle Saxon drainage features were encountered in the west of the site. In the eastern part of the site there was a complex of features, possibly pits and ditches, though they may have been naturally formed hollows. These features lacked dating evidence, apart from residual worked and burnt flint. <1> See also <2>.