| Title: |
IND 1 (Springfield), Chelmsford, Essex. Archaeological Trial Trenching Evaluation - Phase I. WA Ref. 39612 |
| Number of Pages: |
34 |
| 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 industrial development. Intensive and extensive occupation had occurred in the Chelmer Valley from at least the Neolithic period onwards, and monuments recorded in the area surrounding the proposal site had included a Neolithic cursus, a causewayed enclosure and two Late Bronze Age enclosures. Fieldwalking of the site had suggested three areas of archaeological potential, represented by a concentration of worked flint, an area containing concentrations of Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval building material, and an area containing prehistoric, Romano-British and medieval pottery. During the evaluation, three poorly-defined pit and ditch features containing residual Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age pottery and worked flint were recorded in the area where flint had previously been noted. Three Romano-British field boundary/drainage ditches, and a pit and ditches of late 13th century date, were also recorded. The Romano-British ditches may have represented outlying field boundaries associated with a possible rural settlement situated outside the evaluation area. The medieval features probably represented farming activity associated with a precursor to the present farm buildings, the earliest parts of which dated back to at least the 15th century. [AIP] |
| Author: |
C Ellis
Carrie M Hearne
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| Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Chelmer Valley |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late 13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Late Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Prehistoric Romanobritish (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 15th Century Aip (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: IND 1 (SPRINGFIELD), CHELMSFORD
Study area: 12ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Chelmsford
Monument: [finds]. Late Neolithic, [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), PIT. Late Prehistoric (ie Neolithic - Iron Age), DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Medieval (1066-1540), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), [finds]. Prehistoric, [finds]. Roman (AD43-410), [finds]. Late
Ngr: TL73850850
Parish: Springfield
Postcode: CM2 5AS
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
