Title: |
A10 Wadesmill Bypass: Site 2 (Plot 18). Archaeological Assessment Report |
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Heritage Network unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
As part of the advance works along the route of the A10 Wadesmill Bypass, a programme of archaeological desktop study, fieldwalking and geophysical surveys, and evaluation by trial trench was carried out by the Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. This work indicated the presence of surviving prehistoric and Roman features on Site 2. As part of this programme the topsoil was stripped across the site under archaeological supervision, which revealed a number of surviving archaeological features. The Heritage Network was then commissioned by the developers to undertake full excavation of an area measuring approximately 90m by 60m. Heavy ploughing had truncated many of the features. The excavated features indicate an enclosed domestic settlement site, which was occupied from the second half of the 1st century BC through to the 2nd century AD. Two distinct areas of occupation were identified within the curvi-linear enclosure, both defined by gullies, occupation spreads and small pits. The nature of the internal ditches suggests that the site extends westwards into the adjacent field. |
Author: |
C Turner
M Winter
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Publisher: |
Heritage Network
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Hertfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2002
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Locations: |
Site: |
A10 Wadesmill Bypass - Site 2(Plot 18) |
Parish: |
THUNDRIDGE |
District: |
East Hertfordshire |
County: |
Herefordshire |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 536300, 217700 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
heritage1-49672 |
OBIB: |
Heritage Network Report no.172 |
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Note: |
A4 booklet, comb bound, green cover
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |