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Bayleys, Brook Street, Little Dunmow: Archaeological Monitoring |
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Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Archaeological monitoring and excavation was undertaken during groundworks for the construction of an extension to an outbuilding located to the north-east of Bayleys, a 16th-century grade II listed building located to the south of the village of Little Dunmow. Although the outbuilding is modern, historic mapping depicts this part of the property as being occupied by a range of earlier buildings associated with the house. The topsoil strip revealed features associated with the post-medieval use of the site. The earliest features comprised a ditch and gully aligned north-east to south-west, on the same axis as the house. These were overlain by a flint and clay layer, a sand and gravel layer and a fragment of the south wall foundation of a building associated with the property known as 'Tile End' depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of 1875. The south-western wall of the 'Tile End' building still stands to a height of 0.5m to the south-west of the excavated area. The majority of the archaeological features and deposits were cut by a modern water pipe and were disturbed by rooting from a mature tree located to the west of the excavated area. The structure remains suggest that the former complex of buildings associated with the house were late post-medieval and perhaps constituted a small farm complex. No evidence relating to earlier (i.e. Tudor or medieval) use of the site was identified within the area of excavation. |
Author: |
P Sparrow
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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: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
Bayleys, Brook Street, Little Dunmow |
Parish: |
LITTLE DUNMOW |
District: |
Uttlesford |
County: |
Essex |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 566050, 221050 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
essexcou1-88990 |
OBIB: |
2347 |
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A4 bound document
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |