Site Event/Activity record ECC4231 - Archaeological trial trenched evaluation at Fingringhoe Ranges, Langenhoe, 2018

Location

Location Fingringhoe Ranges, Lodge Lane, Langenhoe, CO5 7LX
Grid reference Centred TM 0317 1714 (649m by 465m)
Map sheet TM01NW
County ESSEX
Civil Parish LANGENHOE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

June-July 2018

Map

Description

An archaeological evaluation (comprising 22 trial-trenches) was carried out as part of the Fingringhoe Ranges Enhancement, in advance of the construction of two new firing ranges along with access tracks, a series of swales for flood mitigation purposes and three attenuation ponds. Each trench measured 60m long x 4m wide and was excavated through modern topsoil/turf (L1, 0.13-0.42m thick) onto natural clay (L2). All archaeological features were cut into L2 and sealed by L1. Significant contexts included a Late Iron Age/Roman red hill in trench T6 and a concentration of Roman features in trench T1 consisting mainly of ditches and a large number of pits, 0.24-0.3m below current ground level. Finds from the features in T1 included pottery sherds, briquetage, ceramic building material, animal bone, five copper-alloy coins, two iron bolt-heads and the remains of a spearhead. There were three Bronze Age/Late Bronze Age features in trenches T3, T4 and T11 and two medieval features in trenches T5 and T6.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Evaluation Report: Pooley Laura. 2018. Archaeological evaluation at Fingringhoe Ranges, Lodge Lane, Langenhoe, Essex, CO5 7LX. CAT Report 1299.

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2019 12:09PM

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