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Title:

Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Settlement Remains and Post-Medieval Activity on Land off Southminster Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex

Series:

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5284/1096261

Publication Type:

Report (in Series)

Abstract:

Between 27th July and 12th August 2020 Oxford Archaeology East undertook an archaeological excavation totalling 0.37ha at land off Southminster Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. The three small excavation areas (Areas 1-3) uncovered the course of a palaeochannel alongside two groups of discrete features (in Areas 1 and 2) which probably represent the remains of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement. The larger group of postholes and pits in Area 1 produced small assemblagesof Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery and burnt flint. Significantly, one of the pits was also found to contain fragments of eight briquetage pedestals probably associated with salt-making. The smaller group of pits in Area 2 produced contemporary pottery in addition to structural daub fragments. The remaining features encountered in Areas 2 and 3 comprised boundary ditches and a small number of pits of post-medieval origin (16th century and later), in addition to a small quarry to extract the underlying sand and gravel. The most recent episode of early modern activity was represented by a small, ditched enclosure, former field boundaries and a further quarry.This site provides an important addition to the emerging pattern of known Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements in the vicinity of Burnham-on-Crouch and also adds to the growing corpus of later prehistoric sites associated with salt-making on the River Crouch.

Author:

Tim Lewis
Graeme Clarke

Publisher:

Oxford Archaeology

Year of Publication:

2021

Locations:

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

Grid Reference: 594615, 197766 (Easting, Northing)

Subjects / Periods:

	EXCAVATION (Event)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
	POST MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)
	POST MEDIEVAL POST HOLE (Tag)
	ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
	POST MEDIEVAL EXTRACTIVE PIT (Tag)
	EARLY IRON AGE LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Tag)
	EARLY IRON AGE POST HOLE (Tag)
	PALAEOCHANNEL (Monument Type England)
	EARLY IRON AGE BRIQUETAGE (Tag)
	PIT (Monument Type England)
	POST MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
	DITCH (Monument Type England)
	BRIQUETAGE (Object England)
	EXTRACTIVE PIT (Monument Type England)
	OYSTER SHELL (Object England)
	EARLY IRON AGE SHERD (Tag)
	EARLY IRON AGE PIT (Tag)
	UNCERTAIN PALAEOCHANNEL (Tag)
	TILE (Object England)
	BURNT FLINT (Object England)
	POST MEDIEVAL BRICK (Tag)
	CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
	EARLY IRON AGE BURNT FLINT (Tag)
	EARLY MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)
	POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
	SHERD (Object England)
	POST MEDIEVAL TILE (Tag)
	POST MEDIEVAL OYSTER SHELL (Tag)
	BRICK (Object England)
	POST MEDIEVAL CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Tag)
	POST MEDIEVAL ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
	LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)

Identifiers:

OASIS Id:	oxfordar3-383986
Report id:	OAE report 2447

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Created Date:

13 Jul 2022