Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1188: summary

Archaeological evaluation on land behind Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NS: October 2017
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Stephen Benfield, Lisa Gray)

Date report completed: November 2017
Location: land behind Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1NS
Map reference(s): TL 50677 43309 (c)
File size: 3,058 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: undated, pit, gully, probable Roman, boundary ditch, cemetery

Summary. An archaeological evaluation (three trial-trenches) was carried out on land behind Chesterfords Community Centre, Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, Essex in advance of the construction of a new pre-school. The evaluation revealed three undated pits, an undated gully, an undated ditch, and a ditch of probable Roman date which may represent the boundary of the eastern cemetery of the Roman town.