Medieval to post-medieval road, between Littlebury and Cambridge Lodge (EHER 82889)

A medieval and post-medieval road is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and as earthworks in lidar data. The road extends over a total distance of 1100m southwards from Littlebury. The northern end is aligned on a road continuing north at Littlebury (Peggy's Walk in 2010). The road extends for 790m to the SSE where it turns south-east to extend for a further 300m to join the turnpike road, now the B1383, opposite Cambridge Lodge.

NRHE data transfer: A medieval and post-medieval road is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and as earthworks in lidar data. The road is centred at TL 5172 3883 and extends over a total distance of 1100m southwards from Littlebury. The northern end is located at TL 5156 3935 and is aligned on a road continuing north at Littlebury (Peggy's Walk in 2010). The road extends for 790m to the SSE to TL 5179 3859 where it turns south-east to extend for a further 300m to join the turnpike road, now the B1383, at TL 5202 3838 opposite Cambridge Lodge. The southernmost section passes through an area known as the Oaks, where the road is visible as a linear hollow way in the lidar data. Between the Oaks and Littlebury the road is visible as soilmarks which suggest a central broad linear bank or compacted surface flanked by drainage ditches to either side. One section around TL 5174 3876, however, suggests the road became a hollow way where it descends a slope. The road is marked as "London Road" on the 1783 Audley End Park map and extended between fields of curving strips reflecting medieval ridge and furrow cultivation. It may follow the course of an earlier, perhaps Roman, route. The road was probably superseded by the straight road circa 135m to the east when the fields were Enclosed in the early 19th century. <1> - <5>