An Archaeological Evaluation at 19, Mere Way, Cambridge

A small archaeological evaluation was carried out within the garden of a private house at 19 Mere Way, Cambridge in order to check for the presence of a Roman road (Akeman Street) shown on Ordnance Survey maps as crossing the property. No evidence for the road was found, instead the visible ridge of the supposed ‘agger’ appears likely to be a linear Early Medieval headland linked to the cultivation of strips abutting a trackway, most probably a later medieval re-use of the Roman road which may lie just a few metres to the west. A tiny amount of re-deposited Roman pottery was found within the considerable thickness of headland soils. No other dateable artefacts were recovered