Wardill, R. (1998). Mill Hall Site, Rayleigh, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Report. Chelmsford: Essex County Council.

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Title:		 Mill Hall Site, Rayleigh, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Number of Pages:		 16
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of a leisure complex, which lay to the east of the main earthworks of Rayleigh Castle, and insde the northern half of its outer bailey. The site was principally occupied by a disused sports and social hall and a parking area. To the north-west of the hall lay a paved pedestrian area, which encompassed an 18th century windmill. Six test pits were excavated during the evaluation. Test pit 1 revealed a deposit which contained fragments of pottery and tile dating from the 11th to the 19th centuries. Two severely truncated features were found within test pit 2. One contained a sherd of 10th-13th century pottery and may have formed part of a ditch or gully, whilst the second was a small pit containing no finds. Test pits 3 and 4 contained no archaeological features or deposits. A number of large pieces of tile/brick and sherds of 15th/16th-18th century pottery were recovered from a clay deposit within test pit 5. A waterlogged deposit containing wood fragments, none of which appeared to have been worked, lay beneath the clay. Test pit 6 revealed a feature which may have represented part of ditch, and which contained a piece of Roman tile, four sherds of prehistoric pottery and a 10th-13th century sherd. It was concluded that there was a considerable variability of surviving material across the site, but that no evidence of the complex medieval deposits identified during previous excavations to the north-west had been seen. [AIP]
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Author:		 R Wardill
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Publisher:		 Essex County Council
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Year of Publication:		 1998
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Location - Auto Detected: Rayleigh Castle
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Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
10th13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
15th16th18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
11th To The 19th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1998 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: MILL HALL SITE, RAYLEIGH
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Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Rochford
Monument: [finds]. Prehistoric, [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), WINDMILL. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Undated, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [outer bailey]. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Medieval (1066-1540)
Ngr: TQ80659092
Parish: Rayleigh
Postcode: SS6 7ED
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Created Date:		 19 Jan 2009