| Name: | Chipping Hill - Temples Field |
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| SMR Number: | 8114 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 819 151 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL81NW |
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| Parish: | WITHAM, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
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Summary
Three skeletons and three iron pokers found here in 1850.
Full description
Three skeletons and three iron weapons found here in 1850. Temples Field is located from the Tithe Map. <1> <2> <3> The skeletons were found during railway construction. The iron weapons eventually went to Chelmsford Museum. Formerly thought to be Anglo-Saxon they are in fact Iron Age, La Tene II-III, pokers. The Witham examples, though in a poor state of preservation, are nevertheless three of the finer specimens from Britain, as well as being the largest known. The Witham pokers must have been virtually identical when complete, suggesting they are the product of one smith or at least one workshop. It seems that the shalfts were bound for half of their length with organic material. Rodwell groups them in Type C. <4> <5> Earlier references to the pokers. <6> <7> <8>
Three slices or pokers from Witham, a hoard of tools used by blacksmiths to manipulate fuel in the fire. <9>
Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, TL81 (AP). SEX59103.
unknown, 1988, 24/3 (AP). SEX67852.
unknown, 1988, 24/4 (AP). SEX67851.
unknown, 1988, TL81NW 24/2 (AP). SEX59147.
unknown, 1988, TL81NW 24/5 (AP). SEX59148.
<1> unknown, 1960 0nwards, SMR form unknown (DESC TEXT). SEX4.
<2> Doubleday, HA, 1903, Victoria County History, Essex, Vol I (VCH), Vol 1, p300 (DESC TEXT). SEX188.
<3> Chelmsford Museum, unknown, ARTEFACT Chelmsford Mus, Acc No 22208 (Artifact). SEX2670.
<4> Rodwell, Warwick J, 1976, Iron Pokers of La Tene II-III, typescript (DESC TEXT). SEX26199.
<5> Rodwell, Warwick J, 1976, Iron Pokers of La Tene II-III, Vol 133 (DESC TEXT). SEX26200.
<6> Archaeol J, 1844, Archaeol J, Vol 1, p393 (DESC TEXT). SEX26201.
<7> Brown, G Baldwin, 1915, The Arts in Early England, Vol 4, p603 (DESC TEXT). SEX26202.
<8> unknown, unknown, Gilstead Hall Coxtie Green Road Brentwood, p89 (Photograph). SEX10270.
<9> Bedwin, Owen, 1996, The Archaeology of Essex - Proceedings of the 1993 Writtle Conference, p.58 (DESC TEXT). SEX43248.
Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- POKER (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
Sources and further reading
| --- | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. TL81. |
| --- | AP: unknown. 1988. TL81NW 24/2. |
| --- | AP: unknown. 1988. TL81NW 24/5. |
| --- | AP: unknown. 1988. 24/4. |
| --- | AP: unknown. 1988. 24/3. |
| <1> | DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Doubleday, HA. 1903. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol I (VCH). Vol 1, p300. |
| <3> | Artifact: Chelmsford Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Chelmsford Mus. Acc No 22208. |
| <4> | DESC TEXT: Rodwell, Warwick J. 1976. Iron Pokers of La Tene II-III. typescript. |
| <5> | DESC TEXT: Rodwell, Warwick J. 1976. Iron Pokers of La Tene II-III. Vol 133. |
| <6> | DESC TEXT: Archaeol J. 1844. Archaeol J. Vol 1, p393. |
| <7> | DESC TEXT: Brown, G Baldwin. 1915. The Arts in Early England. Vol 4, p603. |
| <8> | Photograph: unknown. unknown. Gilstead Hall Coxtie Green Road Brentwood. print. p89. |
| <9> | DESC TEXT: Bedwin, Owen. 1996. The Archaeology of Essex - Proceedings of the 1993 Writtle Conference. p.58. |
Related records
| 8110 | Part of: Chipping Hill - Dean Cullen Seed Works (Find Spot) |
| 8107 | Part of: Chipping Hill (Find Spot) |
| 8108 | Part of: Chipping Hill Camp (Monument) |
| 8109 | Part of: Chipping Hill Camp: medieval (Monument) |
Images
 Chipping Hill excavations, Witham © Essex County Council |  Chipping Hill excavations, Witham © Essex County Council |
 Chipping Hill excavations, Witham © Essex County Council |  Chipping Hill excavations, Witham © Essex County Council |
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