A Watching Brief at New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge

A watching brief was undertaken at New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge, between the 14th of December 2011 and the 12th of January 2012 (Figure 1). At this time a series of seven investigative trenches were excavated around the perimeter of the court (Figure 1). These were positioned in order to determine the layout and extent of the pre-existing services in advance of the proposed instillation of new sewerage and drainage works at the site. During the course of this work, a number of archaeological deposits and features were encountered