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Binghams, Pottery Lane, Castle Hedingham: 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Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series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 recording was carried out at Binghams, Pottery Lane, Castle Hedingham, in advance of residential development. No remains of Saxon or medieval date were identified nor any other evidence to suggest that this peripheral area of the town, located between the postulated positions of the inner and outer medieval defensive ditches, was occupied prior to the late post-medieval period. At least four vertically-sided flat bottomed features were identified in the sides of two large soakaways in the north of the development area. The features were most probably quarry pits for the extraction of clay for use in the adjacent 19th century brickworks and pottery. Although the quarrying activity was likely to be extensive its evidence was not immediately apparent in the south of the development area. However, the overburden removed during ground reduction of the southern edge of the site was particularly thick (c. 0.9m) and consisted of two deposits that were similar to the fills of the quarry pits. It is therefore conceivable that this overburden actually comprised of the remains of backfilled quarry pits that were subsequently truncated or made largely unrecognisable during ground reduction. If this is so, the quarrying activity would most probably have destroyed all traces of any earlier remains within the development area. |
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: |
2011
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Locations: |
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Binghams, Pottery Lane, Castle Hedingham |
Parish: |
CASTLE HEDINGHAM |
District: |
Braintree |
County: |
Essex |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Binghams Pottery Lane Castle Hedingham |
Grid Reference: 578600, 235440 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
essexcou1-91630 |
OBIB: |
2312 |
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A4, blue spine
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |