ESSEX Braintree 2/281 (C.22.6034) TL 85342302 CHURCH OF ST PETER AD VINCULA, COGGESHALL A Report on an Archaeological Evaluation at the Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall, Essex Brooks, H Colchester : Colchester Archaeological Trust, 2000, 25pp, pls, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Colchester Archaeological Trust It was proposed to build an extension on the north face of St Peter's church, outside of the north door. A 10m long evaluation trench was excavated north-south through the middle of the proposed site. Grave cuts were located at between 700mm and 400mm below present churchyard level, these were sealed by a blanket of disturbed soil. The foundations of the north aisle wall were found to be modern masonry over a concrete foundation. A considerable amount of residual Roman material was identified during the evaluation. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: RO, MD, PM, MO, UD 2/282 (C.22.6021) TL 80901750 STRUTT AND PARKER FARMS, CRESSING ROAD, WITHAM Strutt and Parker Farms, Cressing Road, Witham, Essex. Fieldwalking Survey Gibson, S Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2001, 27pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological field-walking evaluation covering 11 ha of ground was carried out on the site of proposed agricultural reservoir. Background scatters of material were present for most periods, although some form of on-site prehistoric activity was possibly indicated by a large spread of burnt or fire-cracked flint in the north part of the survey area. [Au] Archaeological periods represented: PR, RO, MD, PM, UD 2/283 (C.22.6028) TL 75602280 THE BUILDERS YARD, ST MICHAEL'S LANE, BRAINTREE The Builders Yard, St Michael's Lane, Braintree, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Peachey, M J Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 11pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation consisting of a single trench uncovered a pit containing Roman pottery, probably of 3rd century date. The remaining features were all of late 19th century or later date. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: RO, PM Castle Point 2/284 (C.22.6033) TQ 81808911 LAND NORTH OF POUND WOOD, DAWS HEATH, THUNDERSLEY EHR Summary Sheet. Site Name/Address: Land North of Pound Wood, Daws Heath, Thundersley, Essex 1
Peachey, M J Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 2pp, fig An archaeological evaluation prior to the excavation of a wildlife pond revealed a single ceramic land drain of 20th century date. A single trench 93m in length and 4m wide was machine excavated across the area of the proposed pond. No features relating to the Roman villa in the adjacent field to the south were discovered. [Au(abr)] Chelmsford 2/285 (C.22.6029) TL 72301215 BELSTEADS FARM, LITTLE WALTHAM Belsteads Farm, Little Waltham, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Vaughan, T Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 29pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of 18 trial trenches, was undertaken on the site of a proposed winter storage reservoir. Archaeological features were only revealed within a single trench towards the southwest side of the development area. They consisted of two associated post holes and a NE/SW aligned ditch, which contained a very small quantity of struck flint, Early-Late Iron Age pottery, Roman tile and a single post-medieval tile. Plough marks on the surface of the natural clay and the lack of a defined subsoil indicated that the area had been truncated during extensive ploughing. However, the very small number of residual finds over the rest of the site indicated that it had probably never been extensively occupied. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: IA, RO, PM, UD 2/286 (C.22.6030) TL 70480610 LAND AT MARLBOROUGH ROAD, CHELMSFORD Land at Marlborough Road, (Asprey Developments), Chelmsford, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation McKeand, S Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 6pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on the site of a proposed residential development. The development area was situated approximately 75m west of Moulsham Street (the former Roman London to Colchester road), on the outskirts of the Roman town of Caesaromagus. Whilst the site lay outside of the second-century defences of the town, it was thought possible that evidence for extramural activities lay within the development area. Two 28m long evaluation trenches were excavated on the proposed development area. No archaeological features or deposits were identified in either trench, although four fragments of pottery were found in trench A and were dated as post second-century AD Roman pottery. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: RO, PM 2/287 (C.22.6020) TL 73600480 LAND AT NEWPORT CLOSE, GREAT BADDOW Land at Newport Close, Great Baddow, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Peachey, M J Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 19pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, prior to the construction of housing, consisting of 23 trenches revealed no archaeological features. [Au(abr)] 2
Archaeological periods represented: RO, MD, PM, MO 2/288 (C.22.6008) TL 67900690 NEW DAY NURSERY, WRITTLE COLLEGE, LORDSHIP LANE, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD New Day Nursery, Writtle College, Lordship Lane, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex. An Archaeological Field Evaluation (682) Vaughan, T Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 11pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of two trial trenches, was undertaken in response to a planning condition. The site lay 0.25km to the north-east of St. John's Hunting Lodge, a medieval royal building occupied until the mid 16th century. A small number of finds were found within the topsoil - struck flints (11), abraded prehistoric and Roman pottery sherds (4), a burnt flint, and fragments of slag (1) and post-medieval tile (4). No archaeological features were identified, and the surface of the natural had been disturbed by ploughing. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: PR, RO, PM 2/289 (C.22.6026) TQ 80509605 PLOT 10B, ORMESBY CHINE, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS Plot 10B, Ormesby Chine, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Maynard, D Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 13pp, figs, refs An archaeological evaluation was carried out on the site of a proposed residential development. The development area was situated close to Fenn Creek, where several sites of archaeological interest were recorded, associated with a buried land surface. Ten 40m-long evaluation trenches were excavated across the development area. The only archaeological feature recorded was an undated small ditch, uncovered in an evaluation trench excavated on the western edge of the development area. The ditch was probably part of an earlier drainage system, replaced by land drains in the 19th century. Several natural features were investigated; one of which contained a small quantity of fired clay. No evidence of a buried land surface or the gravel terrace deposits which lay to the east of the development were encountered. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PM, UD 2/290 (C.22.6022) TQ 80409620 PLOT 10C, ORMESBY CHINE, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS Plot 10C, Ormesby Chine, South Woodham Ferrer, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Letch, A Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 13pp, figs, tabs, refs Eleven evaluation trenches were excavated on the site of future residential housing development. The work resulted in the discovery of a prehistoric slot-like feature, along with a system of land drains and ditches of recent origin. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: PR, PM 3
Colchester 2/291 (C.22.6024) TL 97101400 ABBOTT'S HALL FARM, GREAT WIGBOROUGH Essex Sites and Monuments Record/Essex Archaeology and History Summary Sheet. Site name/address: Abbott's Hall, Great Wigborough Brooks, H Colchester : Colchester Archaeological Trust, 2000, 1pp Work undertaken by: Colchester Archaeological Trust An area of 4.76 ha was field-walked in advance of the construction of a freshwater lake. There were a number of prehistoric burnt flints, which represented a previously unknown prehistoric 'site'. The significant cluster of burnt flints was trial trenched by means of three 1.5m wide trenches totalling 55m long. There were no features, apart from one intrusion of indeterminate origin. [Au] 2/292 (C.22.6002) TM 03101980 LAND SOUTH OF FINGRINGHOE BALLSAT QUARRY, COLCHESTER Land South of Fingringhoe Ballast Quarry, Colchester, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation (774) Murray, J & Crank, N Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 18pp, figs, tabs, refs Field-walking on the site of a proposed new mineral extraction area revealed a light scatter of prehistoric flints in the centre of the main southern area of proposed extraction's. The flints included a number of tool types of the early Neolithic to Bronze Age. No evidence of the adjacent Saxon cemetery was discovered, though a single undiagnostic pottery sherd from the western periphery of the main southern land parcel may have dated from the Saxon period. Much post-medieval tile was recovered from the site, evenly distributed and probably derived from manuring of the site, rather than clusters suggestive of the presence of substantial structures such as barns. [Au] Archaeological periods represented: ENE, LNE, BA, PR, MD, PM, UD 2/293 (C.22.6023) TL 99202501 ST MARY'S SCHOOL, 91 LEXDEN ROAD, COLCHESTER An Archaeological Evaluation at St Mary's School, 91 Lexden Road, Colchester Brooks, H Colchester : Colchester Archaeological Trust, 2000, 9pp, figs, refs Work undertaken by: Colchester Archaeological Trust An archaeological evaluation was undertaken, which revealed that the site lay on the north side of Lexden Road, in an area of potential Roman cemetery. A 6km long evaluation trench failed to reveal any archaeological deposits or finds. There was reason to believe that there had been some truncation of the ground surface here. [Au(adp)] 2/294 (C.22.6000) TL 88501550 VILLA FARM QUARRY, TIPTREE Extension to Villa Farm Quarry, Tiptree, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation (771) Boyer, P Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 11pp, figs, refs An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in response to a planning condition. A geophysical survey had identified anomalies thought to have been associated with Roman kilns. Nine trial trenches were excavated on the location of the anomalies but no archaeological features or finds were revealed in any of the trenches. No finds were discernible within the ploughsoil. [Au(abr)] 4
Archaeological periods represented: MO Havering 2/295 (C.22.6009) TQ 52458880 FRANCES BARDSLEY LOWER SCHOOL, HEATH PARK ROAD, ROMFORD Frances Bardsley Lower School, Heath Park Road, Romford, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation (757) McDonald, T Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 10pp, figs, tabs, refs Eight trial trenches were excavated as an evaluation in advance of the proposed residential redevelopment of the site. An undated tree hollow and a ditch containing 19th/20th-century material were revealed. Apart from a few frogged bricks and modern pottery and glass, no finds were found within the spoil arising from the trenching. Despite the high archaeological potential of the site for prehistoric and later occupation, being an area of higher ground with favourable soils for cultivation, no archaeological remains were revealed. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: PM, MO, UD Maldon 2/296 (C.22.6027) TL 87280730 LAND ADJACENT TO ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, BASIN ROAD, HEYBRIDGE BASIN Land Adjacent to St George's Church, Basin Road, Heybridge Basin, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Vaughan, T Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 27pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of nine trial trenches, was undertaken. No archaeological deposits or features were identified during the evaluation and there was no evidence of substantial modern disturbance or truncation of the subsoils or natural matrix. A number of irregular clay and silt filled hollows and channels were interpreted as rivulets and other erosion features. Two partial horizons of relict turf were identified, but they contained modern china sherds indicating that they were recently buried surfaces. There was no evidence for the continuation of the Neolithic/Late Bronze Age settlement from the north although the small number of residual struck flints and pottery sherds primarily dated from the Bronze Age and confirmed that the development area was peripheral to that occupation. [Au(abr)] Archaeological periods represented: BA, PR, PM, MO, UD 2/297 (C.22.6007) TL 83350910 LANGFORD WATER TREATMENT WORKS, LANGFORD Langford Water Treatment Works, Langford, Essex. An Archaeological Field Evaluation (646) Vaughan, T & Smith, J G Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 16pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of eighteen 30m by 3m trial trenches, was undertaken on the site of proposed commercial development. The evaluation revealed that deep ploughing had disturbed the area. Four residual struck flints were recovered and a post-medieval ditch was recorded, but no other archaeological features were revealed. [Au(abr)] 5
Archaeological periods represented: PR, PM, MO, UD 2/298 (C.22.6032) TM 03120819 OTHONA, BRADWELL ON SEA Othona, Bradwell on Sea, Essex. Archaeological Landscape Survey Heppell, E Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 32pp, figs, colour pls, figs, refs A landscape survey was undertaken on the Anglo-Saxon Chapel of St Peter and the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Othona. A number of archaeological deposits were identified. The only visible standing remains of the fort were visible within a band of trees to the north of Linett's Cottage, consisting of a section of the south wall, standing to a height of 0.8m. A pronounced bank was located to the east of the position of the Western Wall of the fort, believed to have been remains of the wall. A dip was identified to the west of this, possibly a relict of the ditch associated with the fort. No traces of features were identified within the fort itself. A series of timbers were located to the east of the coastline, which ran parallel to the coast, probably forming the basis of a small quay, associated with the 'Tip Head' which was marked on the early editions of the OS. The landscape survey identified areas of disturbance and damage in the study area and these should be addressed as a management priority to prevent further damage. Parts of the wall were crumbling and needed to be recorded before further damage occurred. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: RO, EM, MO, UD 2/299 (C.22.6031) TM 03120819 OTHONA, BRADWELL-ON-SEA Othona, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. Archaeological Survey by Fieldwalking Gemany, M Braintree : Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2000, 39pp, figs, tabs, refs Prehistoric, Roman, medieval and post-medieval finds were discovered during a field-walking survey of the Late Roman Saxon Shore fort, and Saxon chapel and monastery of Othona. Two pottery sherds and a small concentration of burnt/fire-cracked flint perhaps indicated the presence of prehistoric settlement. Extra-mural settlement was implied by the discovery of Roman brick and tile, although a dearth of corresponding pottery called this into question. Scatters of medieval and post-medieval pottery and tile suggested the exploitation of the area from the medieval period. The Saxon chapel and monastery possibly belonged to an aceramic phase because no Saxon pottery or other finds were discovered. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: PR, RO, MD, PM, UD Rochford 2/300 (C.22.6001) TQ 80639096 LAND ADJACENT TO RAYLEIGH MILL, RAYLEIGH Land Adjacent to Rayleigh Mill, Rayleigh, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation Murray, J Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 11pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of a 15.5m by 4m trial trench, was undertaken prior to development. The site lay within the historic core of Rayleigh, adjacent to the motte-and-bailey castle and within the assumed course of the outer bailey of the latter. No 6
archaeological features or finds were recorded. All the evidence suggested substantial truncation since the archaeological investigations 30 years previously, perhaps during car park construction. [Au(abr)] Tendring 2/301 (C.22.6500) TM 05352860 MARTELL'S QUARRY, ARDLEIGH An Archaeological Evaluation at Martell's Quarry, Ardleigh, Essex (Doc. no.1211) James, R Ditchling : Archaeology South-East, 2000, 19pp, figs, tabs, refs Work undertaken by: Archaeology South-East The evaluation was carried out in advance of sand quarrying. Archaeological features including ditches, a pit and a possible hearth, were recorded. Bronze Age material was recovered from the features.[au] Archaeological periods represented: BA, PM Uttlesford 2/302 (C.22.6006) TL 52203480 CARNATION NURSERIES, CAMBRIDGE ROAD, NEWPORT, NR SAFFRON WALDEN Carnation Nurseries, Cambridge Road, Newport, Nr Saffron Walden, Essex. An Archaeological Field Evaluation Seddon, G Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 6pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of a 20m by 3m trial trench, was undertaken on the site of proposed development on land that had previously been part of Carnation Nurseries. The evaluation revealed that the area had been disturbed during the construction of greenhouses and the subsequent running of the nurseries. No archaeological features or finds were identified. [Au(adp)] 2/303 (C.22.6005) TL 46983280 LAND TO THE WEST OF THE PARISH CHURCH, CLAVERING Land to the West of the Parish Church, Clavering, Essex. An Archaeological Field Evaluation (711) Crank, N & Murray, J Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 12pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of three trial trenches, was undertaken in advance of the proposed extension to the present churchyard. The evaluation revealed a number of archaeological features, principally ditches, dating to the early medieval period. Two north/southaligned ditches appeared to be at odds with the present boundaries in the vicinity of the site, though respected the church alignment. However, ditch F1021, was aligned more closely to the present boundaries and also the longer axis of the castle earthworks. The ditches almost certainly related to property boundaries, possibly early glebe land before the creation of the old Guildhall boundaries. The north-south ditches, in particular, appeared to mirror the present eastern churchyard boundary. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: MD, UD 7
2/304 (C.22.6004) TL 62902300 LAND WEST OF THE PARISH CHURCH, CHURCH END, GREAT DUNMOW Land West of the Parish Church, Church End, Great Dunmow, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation (750) McDonald, T Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 8pp, figs, tabs An archaeological evaluation was undertaken as part of a planning condition prior to development. The site lay directly to the west of the churchyard of St Mary's Church and was agricultural land. A large natural hollow was revealed in trenches one and two. The base of a small, post-medieval pit was found in trench 2. In trench 7, a small post-medieval ditch was identified. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: RO, PM, MO, UD 2/305 (C.22.6003) TL 52103386 THE WHITE HOUSE, HIGH STREET, NEWPORT The White House, High Street, Newport, Essex. An Archaeological Evaluation (744) Murray, J & Crank, N Hertford : Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust, 2000, 12pp, figs, tabs, refs An archaeological evaluation, consisting of the excavation of four trial trenches, was undertaken. The site lay within the historic core of Newport. A single large pit was dated to the High Medieval period based on sparse ceramic evidence. A small posthole of post-medieval date was identified. [Au(adp)] Archaeological periods represented: MD, PM 8