Monument record MCC8817 - Blackwater Site 27, East Mersea (foreshore of)

Summary

Red hill: it has yielded several pedestals and pieces of briquetage.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0602 1400 (36m by 58m)
Map sheet TM01SE
Civil Parish EAST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Red hill: it has yielded several pedestals and pieces of briquetage.<1> Some of it has been removed to spread over the fields.<2>
Other refs: <3>-<6>
Part excavated by Wilkinson and Murphy in 1985 as part of the Hullbridge Survey project. The remains of the red hill were seen to comprise a scatter of briquetage fragments within the estuarine/marine clay below the salt marsh. Also present in the clay were clods of dull red earth indicating that the red hill was eroded, at least in part, during the deposition of the grey estuarine/marine clay. Briquetage forms included a pedestal and a fire bar.<7><8>

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA. unknown. SMR.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Powell, WR. 1963. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol III (VCH). Vol 3, p.157.
  • <3> RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TM01SE10, 1976.
  • <4> DESC TEXT: Wilson. 1977. Evening News. 26th Oct.
  • <5> DESC TEXT: Vincent, SW and George, WH. 1980. DESC TEXT by Vincent and George. pp.3-4.
  • <6> AP: RAF. 1956. 540-1785-0064, 0065.
  • <7> EXCAV REPORT: Wilkinson, TJ and Murphy, Peter. 1985. The Hullbridge Basin Survey - Interim Report. Interim Report number 6, p.25.
  • <8> Monograph: Wilkinson, T.J. and Murphy, P.L.. 1995. The archaeology of the Essex Coast, Volume 1 : The Hullbridge Survey project. EAA 71. EAA 71, Table 53 & Fig. 105.

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Jan 4 2017 4:18PM

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