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Title:

Land at Maldon Road, Burnham West, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex

Series:

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1096257

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

Between the 16th April and the 29th May 2018, OA East conducted an archaeological evaluation and mitigation works at land off Maldon Road (B1010), Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. The work was undertaken in advance of a proposed development entailing industrial units and residential housing. The results of the evaluation can be broadly separated into three zones. Archaeology revealed in the northern zone (Zone A) pertained to the post-medieval/modern period and was present in Trenches 1-33. Trenches 34-64 in Zone B, situated in the middle of the site, contained a low concentration of archaeology from the Late Bronze Age period and consisted of linear ditch features, pits and postholes. The third zone (Zone C) located at the southern end of site (Trenches 65-75) uncovered further features dating to the Late Bronze Age period, including ditches and pits. The ditches appear to correspond to known cropmarks and geophysical anomalies in the immediate area. Further Bronze Age features were revealed in the expanded excavation areas in the mitigation zone (Areas 1-3) located in the southern part of the site (Zone C), where enclosures, ring ditches and other anomalies had been identified by the geophysical survey. Several cremation burials of probable Middle to Late Bronze Age date (indicated by a radiocarbon date of one of the cremations) were revealed, including a cluster at the western edge of Area 2 that was possibly located between two ditches. Other features include pits, postholes and a large waterhole (possibly Middle Iron Age) with associated assemblages of Late Bronze Age pottery and fire-cracked flint, while several ditches appear to have been related to a contemporary field system. Of significance is the assemblage of briquetage recovered from some of the Late Bronze Age features, and one pit in particular; interpreted as a settling tank.

Author:

T Collie

Publisher:

Oxford Archaeology

Year of Publication:

2018

Locations:

Parish:	Burnham-on-Crouch
District:	Maldon
County:	Essex
Country:	England

Grid Reference: 593760, 196641 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
PALAEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
	ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
	ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
	TILE (Object England)
	AUGER SURVEY (Event)
	PIT (Monument Type England)
	BRONZE AGE PIT (Tag)
	POST MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
	DITCH (Monument Type England)
	BRIQUETAGE (Object England)
	BRONZE AGE BRIQUETAGE (Tag)
	POST MEDIEVAL TILE (Tag)
	HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
	METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
	TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
	BRONZE AGE CREMATION BURIAL (Tag)
	LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
	PALAEOLITHIC LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)
	BRONZE AGE HUMAN REMAINS (Tag)
	TEST PIT (Event)
	CREMATION BURIAL (Monument Type England)
	20TH CENTURY DITCH (Tag)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	oxfordar3-326157
OBIB:	OAE report 2227

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Created Date:

13 Jul 2022