An Archaeological Evaluation at Heathfields Estate, near Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire

An archaeological evaluation was conducted on land adjoining the Heathfields Estate, near Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire. A series of test pits and trenches were excavated over a c. 2ha. field. The results of the sampling strategy revealed a low background density of flint, however a concentration of worked and burnt pieces was uncovered at the north-west end of the field. This spread appeared to have been cut by a later Neolithic pit filled with highly decorated sherds of pottery derived from six or seven vessels. A large linear ditch, running roughly east-west across the south- western corner of the site, was located in two of the test pits. No dateable material, other than a small number of undiagnostic flints, was recovered from the feature leaving a conclusive date uncertain. Comparison with similar features elsewhere may suggest that it pre-dated the medieval period. Several brick foundations and services were revealed. These related to part of the domestic area of the Airfield, demolished in the 1970s