Bronze Age Boundaries and Cremations at Roman Way, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire

An Archaeological excavation was carried out at Roman Way, Godmanchester in advance of the construction of a proposed housing development. The work was carried out on behalf of Twigden Homes by the Archaeological Field Unit of Cambridgeshire County Council between 27th and 31st October 2003.
An area of approximately 0.24ha was excavated and contained a number of archaeological features. Some disturbance associated with development work on the site approximately twenty years ago was encountered, but this had little impact on the archaeology.
The earliest phase was represented by a 'working hollow' characterised by a spread of worked flints and pottery fragments, two isolated pits and a narrow ditch. Pottery and flint from these features date this phase of activity to the Early/Middle Neolithic period.
A second phase of activity was represented by a number of boundary ditches at the southern end of the site, which were on an approximately north-west to south-east alignment. The small amount of pottery suggests that these ditches date to the Bronze Age. Three pits containing cremated human remains, probably contemporary with these ditches, were revealed in the North-West of the excavation area. Two narrow ditches running approximately at right angles to each other, presumably forming a later enclosure, on a north-north-west to south-south-east and east to west alignment also contained Bronze Age Pottery.
A series of undated features, including isolated post holes, quarries and several natural anomalies were also present.