An Archaeological Evaluation at Swan Bridge, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire 1995

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A programme of archaeological evaluation was commissioned by Hunting Gate Anglia Ltd at Swan Bridge, Parson Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in an area of proposed housing construction. It was carried out between the 9th and the 14th of February 1995. The area under evaluation covered approximately 0.5 hectares of (levelled) modern agricultural buildings with associated yards, open spaces and tree cover. The proposed development comprises the construction of 20 bungalows and houses with access roads, services and landscaping. Any archaeological deposits within the development area will be severely disturbed. The principal aim of the evaluation was to determine the nature, extent, date and state of preservation of any surviving archaeological remains within the development area. Within this a particular objective was to investigate the presence or absence of a putative Romano-British droveway, seen as a cropmark on aerial photographs crossing the site NW-SE, and to identify any settlement/field system elements associated with it.