Title: |
Land Adjacent to St Nicholas Church Burial Ground, Great Wakering, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation Report |
Number of Pages: |
26 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of an extension to a burial ground. Artefacts found in the vicinity had included Roman coins, Samian ware and urns, and a Saxon type spindle whorl. The fabric of St Nicholas Church was largely 12th century, but it had been suggested that the site may also have been the focus of earlier Anglo-Saxon activity. The village of Great Wakering had been identified as the probable location of an important Anglo-Saxon minster. During the evaluation, features were revealed which indicated that a range of activities had taken place in the area over a significant period of time. The earliest phase of identifiable activity was represented by a ditch which contained Middle and Late Iron Age pottery, and was thought to have been of Middle Iron Age date. Its original function was not clear, but it was most likely to have served as a land boundary/drainage ditch. Roman features included an oven or kiln, one or possibly two post-holes, a pit/ditch feature and a human cremation. Evidence of food consumption and animal husbandry was present in the form of oyster, cockle and mussel shells, and the bones of animals, birds and fish. Three ditches contained solely Roman material, and were tentatively assigned to this period. A further three ditches contained early Saxon pottery, dating from c. 410-650 AD. An irregular pit was also of Saxon date. It was concluded that sufficient evidence of Saxon activity had been found to support the hypothesis that occupation had occurred in the area during this period, although no evidence of the putative minster had been identified. [Au(adp)] |
Author: |
R Wardill
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Publisher: |
Essex County Council
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Year of Publication: |
1998
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
St Nicholas Church |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Great Wakering |
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Subjects / Periods: |
Middle Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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12th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND ADJACENT TO ST NICHOLAS CHURCH BURIAL GROUND, GREAT WAKERING Study area: 3.3ha Investigation type: Evaluation District: Rochford Monument: [finds]. Early Medieval (410-1066), FEATURE. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), CREMATION. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Middle Iron Age, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), DITCH. Early Medieval (410-1066), POST HOLE. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Early Medieval (410 Ngr: TQ95058755 Parish: Great Wakering Postcode: SS3 0AN
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |