Ennis, T. (2010). The Riverside Centre, Braintree: Archaeological Evaluation. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1020557. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Riverside Centre, Braintree: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1020557
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Archaeological evaluation by trial trenching was carried out on land to the east of 45/47 Notley Road, Braintree, in advance of proposed residential development at the Riverside Centre. As much of the area has been subject to previous quarrying activity and modern disturbance only Phase 5 of the development was evaluated. A single trench, 27m long by 1.6m wide, orientated north-east/south-west, was excavated within the rectangular footprint of the new build. In the western half of the trench were a series of deep, brick and concrete-walled chambers of modern date that are almost certainly associated with the former use of the site as a water works. These structures are likely to have truncated any earlier remains in the western half of the site. Extending beyond the easternmost wall of these structures was a large iron pipe in a well-defined construction trench. The pipe construction trench cut an extensive layer of orangey brown sandy gravel which contained finds broadly dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. Beneath was a thick deposit of dirty brown clay within which fragments of peg-tile and decomposed animal bone were observed. This deposit was about 0.7m thick and overlay cleaner (possibly natural) orange clay at a depth of 1.6m below existing ground level. This considerable depth of deposits is unusual and implies an element of infilling or levelling of this area in the later post-medieval period perhaps after an episode of quarrying.
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Author:		 T Ennis
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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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Site: The Riverside Centre, Braintree, Essex
Parish: BRAINTREE
District: Braintree
County: Essex
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Notley Road Braintree
Grid Reference: 575840, 222633 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Layers (Monus)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) Walls (Monus)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
17th To 19th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal)
Modern (Auto Detected Temporal)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: essexcou1-81977
OBIB: 2283
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Note:		 A4, blue spine, 7 pages
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016