SEX73149 - Archaeological evaluation on land west of the playing fields, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NS

Archaeological evaluation comprising of five trial trenches. In total archaeological features identified were Roman road metalling, a roman ditch and pit and two post-medieval pits. Summary from record SEX73932: An archaeological evaluation (five trial-trenches) was carried out on land to the west of the playing fields, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex as part of a preapplication assessment of archaeological remains. The Roman town wall was not encountered in any of the evaluation trenches to the front of the development site, indicating that the route of the wall is likely to located slightly further to the northwest than currently projected. However, metalling was identified in two of the trenches (T1 and T4), confirming the presence of the southwest to northeast Roman road. A Roman ditch in trench T2 may also indicate internal subdivisions within Insula 4 of the town.