Monument record MCC8841 - Red hill, south of Langenhoe Hall, Langenhoe
Summary
Red hill (saltern) RH 89 excavated in 1906 under the direction of Francis W. Reader and the Red Hills Exploration Committee (Langenhoe no. III).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0169 1676 (137m by 168m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM01NW |
| Civil Parish | LANGENHOE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Red hill RH 89 (Langenhoe III), excavated in 1906. Finds consisted of briquetage, late Iron age pottery, animal bone, and in particular an omphalos bowl and pedestal urn, both of which were in a slight hollow under the red hill.<1><4> Nothing visible on aerial photographs.<1> The omphalos bowl has a flat tooled interlocking arc pattern and circular stamps, but the rim is missing. There is also a pot decorated with double concentric circle stamps and flat tooled lines. The site is now destroyed.<2> Other refs: <3><5>-<9><13>
The extent of the red hill was mapped as part of the NMP update August 2009 and was visible on the 2000 AP's and google earth images.<11>-<12>
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TM01NW10, 1976.
- <2> SEX15 DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA. unknown. SMR.
- <3> SEX6 DESC TEXT: Powell, WR. 1963. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol III (VCH). Vol 3, p.151.
- <4> SEX7663 DESC TEXT: Reader, FW. unknown. Proc Soc Antiq. Vol 22, pp.171-173.
- <5> SEX7664 DESC TEXT: Ward-Perkins, JB. 1938. Proc Prehist Soc. Vol 4, p.166.
- <6> SEX7665 DESC TEXT: Erith, FH. 1968. Pedestal Urn with Omphalos Bowl. Vol 11, No 4, p.35.
- <7> SEX7666 DESC TEXT: Ellison, AB. 1978. Stamp and Rouletted pottery of the late La Tene period in Eastern England. p.78.
- <8> SEX7667 AP: RAF. 1950. 58-514 pt2 5319-5320.
- <9> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Col Mus.
- <10> SEX68677 AP: Strachan, David. 1996. CP/96/73/1-2.
- <11> SEX68000 AP: Google Earth. 2006-2014. Google Earth Online Resource. Viewed Aug 09.
- <12> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000.
- <13> 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.. Gazetteer Serial No. 89, pp.96-70.
Finds (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jun 19 2017 11:44AM