Brook, M. (2016). Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch, Colchester, Essex. Stowmarket, Suffolk: Britannia Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1043889. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch, Colchester, Essex
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Series:		 Britannia Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In December 2015 and April 2016, Britannia Archaeology Ltd (BA) undertook a trial trench evaluation on Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch, Colchester, Essex as part of a remedial scheme of archaeological works, subsequent to the erection of a solar farm at Birch Airfield, Blind Lane, Birch, Colchester Essex (TL 9130 1971) (Fig. 1). A brief issued by Colchester Borough Council (CBC) (Tipper, J.; 24th November 2015) required two trenches to be opened on the northern part of the solar farm. The archaeological background suggested that the site had a specific potential for the Roman period. The evaluation revealed three main phases of activity at the site. The first phase relates to Roman occupation. All of the Roman features encountered in the evaluation are indicative of those found in an agricultural landscape with a focus on cultivation rather than habitation at this specific location. The second phase activity relates to the late Roman and post Roman agricultural activity while the third and final phase of activity on the site relates to post medieval and modern activity associated with agriculture and the eventual construction of the airfield. Overall the evaluation was successful in identifying further phases of Roman activity in the vicinity of RAF Birch in the form of agricultural features suggesting nearby occupation. Given the sites proximity to monument record MCC 7567, a Roman road running through the north of the airfield site this is perhaps unsurprising. The evidence encountered in the evaluation will help to contribute to the understanding of Roman occupation in the wider historical landscape.
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Author:		 M Brook
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Publisher:		 Britannia Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Colchester Borough Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Solar Farm, Birch Airfield, Blind Lane
County: Essex
District: Colchester
Parish: BIRCH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 591300, 219710 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: britanni1-232967
OBIB: R1131
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Created Date:		 25 Sep 2017