Summary

Site adjacent to cropmark complex (TL70-165, 5793).

Full description

Site adjacent to cropmark complex (TL70-165, 5793). Features were revealed in 1983 during roadworks in a small area where the topsoil had been removed completely. An area c8m x 14m was cleaned and the features were excavated. A small part of a gently curving gully produced 4 badly worn sherds of early-middle iron age pottery. Further traces of the gully suggest it was possibly part of a hut circle c12-15m in diameter. The pottery was tentatively dated on fabric grounds. A medieval ditch produced a possibly prehistoric flint-tempered sherd. The estimated diameter of the building is comparable to the Period II houses at Little Waltham <1> <2> Finds in Chelmsford Museum <3>

Site Assessment = Accession numbers?

<1> Milton, B, 1983, SMR (DESC TEXT). SEX19737.

<2> Milton, B in Priddy, DA, 1984, Work of Essex County Council Archaeology Section 1983-84, Vol 16, pp108-110 (EXCAV REPORT). SEX19738.

<3> Chelmsford Museum, unknown, ARTEFACT Chelmsford Mus (Artifact). SEX2670.

Monument Types

• HOUSE (early-middle iron age, Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 700 BC to 101 BC)

Associated Finds

• VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Middle Iron Age - 700 BC to 101 BC)

Associated Events

• SALV EXCAV by Milton, B, 1983 (Ref: ?)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 14.2
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 2.17
• Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 2
• Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 14

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