Pocock, M. (2006). 95-103 High Street, Braintree, Essex. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1001049. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 95-103 High Street, Braintree, Essex
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Series:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological monitoring and limited excavation was carried out on the foundation trenches of a new residential development at 95-103, High Street, Braintree. The archaeological work was undertaken by the Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit on behalf of Courtmead plc as a result of a condition on planning consent. The site fronts onto the north-west side of London Road, originally the Roman road from Braintree to Chelmsford, and incorporates the areas of two previous archaeological investigations, now published: 97-99 High Street (Hickling 2002) and 103-105 High Street (Pearson 2002). These investigations recorded evidence of Late Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval activity to the rear of buildings along the London Road frontage. The present investigation revealed fragmentary Roman remains within the north-east and south-west parts of the site, in localised areas which had survived truncation from later post-medieval and modern activity. Roman features recorded in the north-east included a rough metalled surface with parts of a possible timber structure, and a large 3rd-4th century pit. In the south-west a further part of a previously excavated large mid-2nd century pit was recorded, along with a few smaller Roman features. Altogether, these features provide further evidence of gravelled surfaces and pits as recorded in the earlier excavations, dating to the 2nd to 4th centuries, and representing yard areas 20m or more back from the frontage onto the former Roman road. A single medieval pit was recorded in the south-west of the site, but otherwise the earliest evidence of post-Roman activity was in the form of pits and a well dating to the later 17th and 18th centuries, representing typical back yard activity to the rear of the existing buildings at the street frontage (refurbished in the present development), at least one of which may date from the late medieval period.
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Author:		 M Pocock
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Publisher:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Essex County Council Historic Environment Records (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Site: 95-103 High Street
Parish: BRAINTREE
District: Braintree
County: Essex
Country: England
Grid Reference: 575700, 222900 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Gravel Surfaces (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Midden Layers (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Post-Holes (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) Post-Holes (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Walls (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Wells (Monus)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: essexcou1-12027
OBIB: Report Number 1375
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Note:		 A4, blue spine
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016