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 |
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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> SCC74319 Evaluation Report: Lucking, Thomas. 2019. Land to the East of Nayland Road, Great Horkesley, Essex: Archaeological Evaluation Report. OA Report 2363.
- <2> SCC74157 Geophysical Report: Armstrong, Kayt & Fortuny, Marta. 2019. Geophysical Survey Report of Land to the east of Nayland Road, Great Horkesley.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Apr 23 2020 7:32AM