Site Event/Activity record ECC4356 - Trial-trenched evaluation on land to the east of Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, 2019

Location

Location Land to the east of Nayland Road, Great Horkesley
Grid reference
Map sheet
County ESSEX
Civil Parish GREAT HORKESLEY, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Oxford Archaeology East

Date

July 2019

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

A draft report has been received but not a revised version. A trial-trenched evaluation, comprising 53 trenches each 30m long x 1.8m wide across a 9.5ha. Area (a 3% sample), was undertaken by Oxford Archaeology East in July 2019. The fieldwork identified archaeological remains in 26 of the trenches. Eight sub-circular pits were also revealed with charcoal-rich fills, distributed across the site with no discernable pattern or grouping (31, Trench 7; 35, Trench 8; 48, Trench 15; 52, Trench 23, 10 and 12, Trench 29; 19, Trench 30; 88, Trench 49). None of these features contained any securely datable finds with only a single fragment of burnt flint recovered. A number of other discrete pits were defined. Evidence of a 19th century field system was also revealed. In Trench 53, in the southeastern corner of the site, post-medieval rubble, possibly from a demolished brick kiln, was found in a large pit 104. This pit was later cut by the foundation trench for a brick-built structure, possibly representing the in situ remains of a brick kiln or related structure. These remains suggest the presence of nearby brick or tile-making activity. The ceramic building material from both the demolished brick kiln structure within the pit and the later brick-built structure, suggests activity during the early 18th to early 19th-century.<1> The evaluation followed a geophysical survey by Magnitude surveys (ECC4355).<2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Lucking, Thomas. 2019. Land to the East of Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Essex: Archaeological Evaluation Report. OA Report 2363.
  • <2> Geophysical Report: Armstrong, Kayt & Fortuny, Marta. 2019. Geophysical Survey Report of Land to the east of Nayland Road, Great Horkesley.

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Record last edited

Apr 23 2020 7:32AM

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