MCC8121 - Red Hill, north of Wellhouse Farm, West Mersea

Monument record MCC8121 - Red Hill, north of Wellhouse Farm, West Mersea

Red hill ploughed out but red earth still visible.

Grid reference	Centred TM 0130 1433 (53m by 52m)
Map sheet	TM01SW
Civil Parish	WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Red hill ploughed out but red earth still visible.<3> 4 photos of site.<4>

The extent of the red soil was mapped as part of the NMP update.<5-7>

<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX36307 DESC TEXT: Rodwell, Warwick J. 1979. Iron Age and Roman Salt-winning on the Essex Coast. No.73 "Invasion & Response" Site.no.55.
<3> SEX36309 Monograph: Fawn, A.J., Evans, K.A., McMaster, I. and Davies, G.M.R.. 1990. The Red Hills of Essex. Salt-making in Antiquity.. Site.no.100.
<4> SEX61424 AP: Tyler, Sue. 2000. BW/00/5/1-4.
<5> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000.
<6> SEX65607 AP: UK Perspectives. 2000. Millenium photo Survey - digital coverage of the whole of Essex.
<7> SEX68000 AP: Google Earth. 2006-2014. Google Earth Online Resource. Sept 09.