Blowers, T. (2008). New 400KV GIS Substation, Tilbury Power Station, Tilbury, Essex. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1020546. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 New 400KV GIS Substation, Tilbury Power Station, Tilbury, Essex
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Series:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Tilbury Power Station, Tilbury by the Essex CC Field Archaeology Unit on behalf of the South-East Electricity Substation Alliance (SEESA), as a condition on planning consent to build a 400kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation. The work was carried out to investigate any archaeological remains related to the post-medieval Wick House to the south-east and any other deposits related to the exploitation of the marsh, especially Roman salt extraction. Two evaluation trenches were excavated by machine within the footprint of the proposed substation down to the top of the waterlogged alluvial marsh deposits at a depth of 0.7-0.8m. Both trenches revealed a clean orange/brown and grey alluvium, 0.1-0.2m thick, at the top of the marsh deposit, sealed by a brown silt-clay subsoil and modern topsoil. All these horizons were naturally formed and suggest a gradual drying out of the surface of the marsh, although the modern water table is still very high. No archaeological remains were present in either trench, apart from two modern concrete anchor blocks at the northern end of Trench 1. Ground reduction for construction of the sub-station, to a depth of 0.7m, is extremely unlikely to have an impact on any archaeological deposits.
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Author:		 T Blowers
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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:		 2008
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Site: Tilbury Power Station
Parish: EAST TILBURY
District: Thurrock
County: Essex
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Tilbury Power Station Tilbury
Location - Auto Detected: Wick House
Grid Reference: 565400, 176200 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) Marshland (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: essexcou1-43106
OBIB: 1901
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Note:		 A4, blue spine, 18 pages
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016