Prehistoric Remains at Land off Weatherall's Close, Soham, Cambridgeshire: An Archaeological Evaluation

On the 7th and 8th of November 2005, the Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit conducted an archaeological evaluation on land at Weatherall's Close, Soham, in advance of the construction of new houses.
Although very little archaeological material was discovered during this exercise, it does shed light on the development of the agricultural landscape around Soham.
Between the topsoil and the natural geology was a layer of subsoil, probably originating with medieval ridge and furrow agriculture.
The one ditch discovered was probably part of a Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age field-system. Its orientation is not the same as similar ditches found at the Ten Bell Lane (Atkins 2004), and totally different to the probable medieval ridge and furrow which covered the site.
There was no evidence that the medieval core of Soham extended this far out.