A wide range of information relating to the historic and archaeological environment is held at the Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record.  This includes:

• Standing monuments and earthworks, such as the remains of castles and dykes.
• Chance finds, such as scatters of pottery or finds from metal-detecting.
• Details of excavations, ranging from those in the 19th century to the present day.
• Information gained from field surveys, such as artefact scatters and historic landscape features.
• Cropmarks identified from aerial photographs, which can indicate the presence of buried ditches or structures.
• Documentary evidence, such as windmills and water pumps depicted on historic maps.

We also hold additional information relating to:

• The Cambridge Urban Archaeological Database (UAD), a database of archaeological remains within the historic core of Cambridge;
• Scheduled Ancient Monuments, archaeological sites of national importance that are afforded statutory protection; and
• Listed buildings of special architectural or historic interest.

Our reference library contains relevant publications and unpublished material, which are available for consultation by appointment. These include:

• Over 1500 unpublished field work reports;
• Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society;
• RCHME surveys of Cambridgeshire and the former Huntingdonshire;
• Victoria County Histories of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire; and
• East Anglian Archaeology publications, including Fenland Survey.

We also have a number of publications for sale.