Smith, L. (2008). Land Adjacent to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Witham, Essex: An Archaeological Evaluation. Hertford: Archaeological Solutions Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1002488. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land Adjacent to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Witham, Essex: An Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In February 2008, Archaeological Solutions conducted an archaeological evaluation of land adjacent to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Witham, Essex (NGR TL 81431 15443). The evaluation was undertaken as part of a planning condition required by the local planning authority (BTE/0167/07). It was undertaken in advance of the creation of 52 new car parking spaces for the Community Centre, St John''s Ambulance and the Scouts. An Iron Age hillfort is known to the south of the site (HER8106) with multi-period occupation starting during the Mesolithic/Neolithic. The site was also used in the medieval period. A Roman hypocaust was discovered immediately to the south of the site (HER8340), and the centre of the Roman settlement was located to the south-east of the site. Evidence of the inception of a market in 912 is recorded, although the centre of the Saxon burh has never been located. The town prospered during the medieval period. In recent years land around Witham has been increasingly developed, so much so that Chipping Hill and Witham form one settlement. The trial trench evaluation revealed a small number of archaeological features comprising a ditch (Tr.1 F1008), a gully terminus (Tr.1 F1004), two pits (Tr.1 F1006, Tr.2 F1015) and a posthole (Tr.2 F1011). The majority of archaeological features were identified towards the western edge of the site (Trenches 1 and 2), and were post-medieval. The site had a relatively high potential for archaeological remains, in the event small scale post-medieval features were revealed
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Author:		 L Smith
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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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:		 2008
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Site: Land Adjacent to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Witham, Essex:
Parish: WITHAM
District: Braintree
County: Essex
Country: England
Grid Reference: 581430, 215440 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GULLY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol7-41632
OBIB: AS report No. 3023
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Created Date:		 23 Nov 2016