Proposed Residential Development, Homerton College, Cambridge

Abstract

In June and July 2007 Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out a geophysical survey and evaluation on land within the grounds of Homerton College, Cambridge, (NGR: TL 459 561), on behalf of Colophon Ltd.. The geophysical survey revealed a large amount of magnetic activity within the site, although only a small percentage was of potential archaeological interest. The subsequent trench evaluation confirmed this low potential. A number of isolated post-medieval features, including a field boundary and a number of pits were investigated. Although largely undated, where pottery or other material was collected it suggests agricultural and quarrying activity from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century in the south-eastern part of the site.