45 High Street, Trumpington: Archaeological Evaluation by Trial Trenching

On the 22nd and 23rd December 2004, The Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit conducted an archaeological evaluation consisting of two trenches at 45 High Street, Trumpington.
Subsequently on the 24th and 25th May 2005 the Archaeological Field Unit conducted a watching brief during the excavation of of foundation trenches.
The site can be characterised as medieval roadside activity close to a settlement. The possible roadside ditch and the quarry pits for resurfacing the High Street indicate that legal duty of upkeep of the highway was taken seriously by the parish of Trumpington. The large amount of medieval finds from the site suggests that the site was close to a a late medieval settlement. The Green Man Public House, 60m to the south is a 15th century building, while 70m to the north-east was a possible medieval windmill mound. Of some interest is an assemblage of metalworking residue in a buried medieval soil layer.