Gonville Farm, Great Shelford, An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment

This desk-based assessment to assess the likely impact of development of the 'Gonville Farm' site, located on land off Babraham Road, Cambridge (TL547897 254360), covering an area of approximately two acres. An evaluation of previous archaeological investigations and the historical, aerial and cartographic evidence shows the site to be situated in an area of known archaeology and high significance. Dating from the prehistoric to modern era is evident. Due to the substantial prehistoric activity within the study area and the wider environs, examples of which are the Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze age activity adjacent to the 'Gonville Farm' site, discovered prior to the building of the Babraham Road Park and Ride, an Iron Age Hill Fort at Sawston and the Scheduled Ancient Monument, Wandlebury Camp, Iron Age fort, there is a high probability of encountering further archaeological evidence within the proposed development area.