The walled temenos was sectioned by Jenkins in 1842 and by the Essex Archaeological Society in 1949. Jenkins records that wall as c.0.9m thick and noted deep pits close to the wall containing oyster shells, boars' tusks and pottery. The 1949 excavation trenched along the wall line looking for foundations that had not been robbed-out. Traces of septaria buttresses and mortared rubbled foundations were noted. The foundations of the eastern enclosure were also traced and emnants of a gravel floor were noted. The eastern walled enclosre was constructed with recesses or exedrae in the northern walls, possibly for benches, and perhaps suggesting it enclosed a garden.<1>