Mason, N. (2020). Land north of Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester. Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge). https://doi.org/10.5284/1110108. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land north of Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge) unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1110108
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Between the 2nd and 13th November 2020 Oxford Archaeology East (OA East) carried out a 38-trench evaluation across three fields on land north of Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, Essex (TL 93255 26418). The site was located on the western side of the village, on a plateau overlooking the Colne Valley. The archaeological remains uncovered fell into two periods; a very small amount of possible Late Neolithic activity was indicated by a pottery assemblage recovered from one of three post holes in the southern portion of the western field, and a network of ditches relating to medieval and post-medieval agricultural activity, some of which corresponded to boundaries recorded on the 1837 Fordham Parish Tithe map. Of the features not recorded on the Tithe map, two parallel ditches may have belonged to a narrow trackway in the western field, and the extrapolation of several ditches also revealed in this field indicates a possible enclosure of indeterminate use. Nearly all of the ditches uncovered by this evaluation produced medieval – post-medieval pottery and/or CBM, at levels which would probably indicate scatters from manuring. Some of the later CBM, however, may have associations with farm buildings recorded on the Tithe map. The environmental samples also produced results consistent with agricultural activity belonging to the medieval to post-medieval periods.
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Author:		 Neal Mason
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Parish: Eight Ash Green
County: Essex
Country: England
District: Colchester
Grid Reference: 593125, 226421 (Easting, Northing)
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DITCH (Monument Type England)
PIT (Monument Type England)
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION (Event)
LATER PREHISTORIC PIT (Tag)
METAL DETECTING USE (Event)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
LATER PREHISTORIC SHERD (Tag)
BLADE (Object England)
POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
UNCERTAIN BLADE (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Tag)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
LATER PREHISTORIC POST HOLE (Tag)
ROMAN BEAM SLOT (Tag)
BEAM SLOT (Monument Type England)
SHERD (Object England)
MEASURED SURVEY (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
ROMAN SHERD (Tag)
LATER PREHISTORIC DITCH (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar3-406923
Report id: OAE report 2473
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023