Anticipating the construction of a study centre and wing of student residences, in late June, 1993, a week-long archaeological assessment was undertaken in the grounds of New Hall College, Cambridge (TL 440595). Although Romano-British pottery was recovered from previous field survey in the grounds of the neighbouring Fitzwilliam College, no evidence of early settlement had been. It nevertheless was thought that the proximity of the site to Roman Cambridge warranted further investigation (250m northwest of the town wall). The Roman remains discovered at New Hall are certainly important and unique inasmuch as it is the first time unequivocal evidence of extramural Roman settlement per se has been found within the town itself.