Title: |
London Southend Airport, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation and Building Survey Report |
Number of Pages: |
31 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of a new airport terminal and railway station at Southend Airport, which had first been used as an airfield by the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. Three surviving World War Two buildings, comprising an air raid shelter, a brick hut and a latrine, were identified during a building survey. In the vicinity of the proposal area, evidence dating from the Late Neolithic to the medieval period had been recorded. During the evaluation, two undated ditches, an undated post-hole, four parallel linear features, and further ditches and post-holes containing prehistoric pottery and flints were recorded. Two of the linear features contained small quantities of Late Iron Age pottery, whilst a third contained sherds dating from the Late Iron Age to the Roman period. A Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged flint arrowhead, a small pit and several further undated features were also found. It was concluded that, although it was not possible to determine with any certainty the date or function of the features located, the results of the evaluation suggested that Late Bronze Age activity identified to the south of the site had continued into the evaluation area. [AIP] |
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: |
Southend Airport |
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Subjects / Periods: |
LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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Roman Period A Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
LATE NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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Medieval (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: LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT Study area: 2.3068ha Investigation type: Evaluation District: Rochford Monument: STRUCTURE. Modern (1901-present), DITCH. Bronze Age, POST HOLE. Prehistoric, DITCH. Prehistoric, DITCH. Undated, LATRINE. Modern (1901-present), LINEAR FEATURE. Undated, AIR RAID SHELTER. Modern (1901-present), [air raid shelter]. Modern (1901-present), [ Ngr: TQ87048941, TQ87528910 Parish: Rochford Postcode: SS2 6YY, SS4 1JD
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |