Monument record MCC8896 - Red Hill, East of The Shell Bungalow, Peldon
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0052 1567 (72m by 71m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM01NW |
| Civil Parish | PELDON, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Red hill, covering an oval area 56m x 35m, with briquetage, hearths, evaporation tanks, and a quantity of belgic pottery, excavated by K de Brisay.<1> Red hill in field no 378 reported by Mrs Evans. Large quantity of red earth found, plus briquetage which included firebars, pedestals and evaporation tanks. There was very little pottery, but it included part of a large belgic pedestal vessel.<2> Other refs: <1><3>-<9>
Fired clay from the upper level of a hearth produced an archaeomanetic date of 10 BC - AD 40. Charcoal from a lower hearth level produced a date of 1930+/-70 BP (calibrated 34 BC to AD 134).<10>
Human bones from more than one individual were recovered, 'at the bottom of what was apparently a ditch in the mound which had then been filled with red earth'.<11>
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SEX7469 DESC TEXT: de Brisay, K. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX7866 EXCAV REPORT: de Brisay, K. 1974. The Excavation of a Red Hill at Peldon, Essex:Report on the first year. Vol 17, pp.25-42.
- <3> SEX7867 EXCAV REPORT: de Brisay, K. 1977. The Red Hill at Peldon. Vol 20, p.13.
- <4> SEX7868 DESC TEXT: de Brisay, K in Wilson, DR. 1974. Roman Britain in 1973. Vol 5, pp.442-443.
- <5> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TM01NW33, 1976.
- <6> SEX7870 DESC TEXT: de Brisay, K in Couchman, CR. 1977. Excavations in Essex. Vol 12, No 4, pp.95-96.
- <7> SEX7692 AP: RAF. 1949. 58/304/pt3/5333-5334.
- <8> SEX70900 Article in serial: de Brisay, Kay. 1978. The Excavation of a Red Hill at Peldon, Essex, with notes on some other sites. Antiquaries Journal LVIII, Part 1, pp.31-60.
- <9> 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. RH 117, p.58.
- <10> 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.. p.38.
- <11> 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.. p.34.
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Record last edited
Jun 19 2017 10:47AM