Wightman, A. (2011). Report on archaeological investigations in the Braxted folly at Braxted Park Estate, Great Braxted, Essex.. Colchester Archaeological Trust. https://doi.org/10.5284/1017559. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Report on archaeological investigations in the Braxted folly at Braxted Park Estate, Great Braxted, Essex.
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Series:		 Colchester Archaeological Trust online report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1017559
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Archaeological investigations were carried out in April and May 2010 in advance of structural repair work to a 19th-century domed structure located on the bank of a lake within Braxted Park Estate, Great Braxted, Essex. The excavation of four test-pits within the structure produced details on how it was constructed and the nature of the floor levels within both the outer walkway and the central chamber. The Braxted structure was probably built between 1804 and 1808 when the grounds of Braxted House were re-landscaped by John Johnson for Peter Du Cane II. Its true nature has been in question. The building has been variously described as an ice house, a bath-house, a hermitage or a summer-house. However, a review of the physical and cartographic evidence indicates that it is a folly in the form of an artificial cave. Moreover, the discovery inside the building of blocks of basalt suggests that it was intended to be a modest evocation of Fingal's Cave in Scotland and the poems of Ossian which were popular and fashionable at around the time the folly was built.
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Author:		 A Wightman
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Publisher:		 Colchester Archaeological Trust
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Essex County Council Historic Environment Records (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: Braxted folly at Braxted Park Estate
Parish: GREAT BRAXTED
District: Maldon
County: Essex
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Braxted Park Estate Great Braxted Essex
Location - Auto Detected: Fingals Cave
Location - Auto Detected: Braxted House
Grid Reference: 585080, 215639 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) Glass (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FOLLY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HERMITAGE (GARDEN) (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Ice House (Monus)
1804 (Auto Detected Temporal)
FIELD SURVEY (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: colchest3-107451
OBIB: CAT Report 555
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Note:		 A4, soft covers, ring bound.
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016