Monitoring of Geotechnical Test Pits at NCS Cambridge

Between 17th March 2014 and 21st March 2014 OA East monitored the excavation of geotechnical trial pits on land immediately south of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. A total of twenty test pits were monitored and recorded across two areas (Fig. 1). A high proportion of the pits in the northern area (AZ North) were found to contain archaeological remains dating to the Roman period. A possible enclosure ditch was uncovered by trial pits in the southern area (AZ South).