Lodge Farm, St Osyth, Essex
Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, 2008. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000296. How to cite using this DOI
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Primary contact
Mark
Germany
Project Manager
Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
Fairfield Court
Fairfield Road
Braintree
CM7 3YQ
Tel: 01376 331431
Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 791
- ALSF Project Number: 3456
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000296
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The archaeological excavation of a large multi-period site at Lodge Farm, St Osyth was carried out by the Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit from May to November 2000 and from August 2001 to February 2003. The work was undertaken in advance of gravel extraction and the construction of an agricultural reservoir. The project was funded by Sewells Reservoir Construction Ltd, Essex County Council, and English Heritage via the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. The work was monitored by the Essex County Council Historic Environment Management team and English Heritage.
The site covers 4.5ha and is located in the Tendring peninsula of north-east Essex, 4.5km west of Clacton-on-Sea (NGR: TM 1355 1545). It sits on a spur of 'high ground' in an arable setting, c. 15m above sea-level. St Osyth Creek borders the north side of the spur. The village of St Osyth lies 1km to the north-west. The sea is 3km to the south and Brightlingsea Creek and the estuary of the river Colne are 5.5km to the west.
The digital archive
The digital archive for the Lodge Farm project currently consists of the following resources:
- Germany, M. 2004: Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments and Middle Iron Age settlement at Lodge Farm, St Osyth, Essex: Excavations 2000-3. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. Project Number 533.
The full project report, complete with figures and appendices can be accessed from the downloads page.
CAD files
The project report is accompanied by the master plan of the St Osyth excavations available as a DXF file on the downloads page. The table below provides a reference guide to layers and conventions incorporated in the file.
| Layer | Description | Conventions |
|---|---|---|
| BREAKOFSLOPE | Breaks of slope | Solid lines |
| DEFAULT | OS base map | Solid lines |
| GRID | Grid lines | Solid lines |
| GRIDTEXT | Grid co-ordinates | Text |
| LABELS | Context numbers | Text |
| LIMITOFEXC | Limit of excavation | Line / dot / line: denotes limit of excavation |
| LINEARS | Plotted ditches | Solid lines |
| MODERN | Modern features | Solid lines |
| NATURAL | Natural geological features | Solid lines |
| PITSANDPOSTHOLES | Plotted pits and post-holes | Solid lines |
| SECTION | Location of archaeological sections | Solid lines |
Spreadsheet
The project finds spreadsheet contains a list of finds per context, the following headings and codes are used within:
| Column Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Context | Context Number |
| Type | For example fill / layer / post-hole |
| Fill of | Fill of feature |
| Feature Type | For example post-hole / pit |
| Material | Material, for example: Bone |
| Type | Material type: for example: Bone - Human |
| Subtype | Material subtype, for example: Bone - Human - Cremated |
| Wt. | Collective weight of find(s), in grams |
| Date | Spot date for find |
| Description | Brief text description of context |
Non-digital Archive and Publications
In addition to the reports and data contained within the digital archive the project also produced the following outputs:
| Literary Outputs |
|---|
| Bennett,A. (ed.) 2003: St Osyth, Lodge Farm, in Archaeology in Essex 2002. Essex Archaeology and History 34, p247 |
| Denison,S. (ed.) 2003: Essex Causewayed Enclosure "survived for 2,000 years". British Archaeology 72 (September edition), p6. |
| English Heritage 2004: Lodge Farm, St Osyth, Essex, in Unexpected Discoveries. ALSF Annual Report 2002-2003, p11 |
| Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit 2003: Life and death at St Osyth in Essex. The Colchester Archaeologist 16, p30. |
| Germany,M., Havis,R. and Brown, N. 2003: Lodge Farm, St Osyth, Essex: Project Design (from fieldwork to updated project design). Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, project no. 533 |
| Germany,M. 2003: A causewayed enclosure at St Osyth, Essex. PAST 44. |
| Germany,M. 2003: A causewayed enclosure at St Osyth near Clacton. Essex Journal (Autumn edition), p39-43. |
| Germany,M. 2004: Archaeology at Lodge Farm: an update. St Osyth News (November edition) p13. |
| Germany,M. 2004: Lodge Farm, St Osyth, Essex: Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, project number 533. |
| Germany, M. 2007: Neolithic and Bronze Age Monuments and Middle Iron Age settlement at Lodge Farm, St Osyth, Essex: Excavations 2000-3. East Anglian Archaeology 117. |
| Meetings / Technical Forums |
| Visit to St Osyth; lecture to St Osyth Historical Society. October 2004 |
| Visit to Castle Museum Colchester; lecture to Colchester Archaeological Group. November 2004 |
The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) do not hold any further information regarding these non-digital outputs, any queries should be directed to the depositor.
