Pocock, M. (2006). Springfield Business Park, Plots G and H, Essex. Archaeological excavation and evaluation by trial trenching. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1022876. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Springfield Business Park, Plots G and H, Essex. Archaeological excavation and evaluation by trial trenching
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Series:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit carried out an archaeological investigation on behalf of Church Manor Estates under a condition placed on planning consent for development of Plots G and H at Springfield Business Park, in the north-eastern suburbs of Chelmsford. The site was thought to have high archaeological potential as it lay only 100m to the north of the nationally important site at Springfield Lyons. The investigation initially consisted of a trial-trenching evaluation. Archaeological features were identified only in trench 4 in the north-east of the site. Excavation of an open area around the trench recorded a boundary ditch aligned north-south, most likely dated to the Late Bronze Age. Post-holes and root-holes were also recorded, some of which contained single sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery. Several Mesolithic and Neolithic flints were recovered as residual finds in later contexts. The edge of a pond investigated at the southern end of the excavated area contained two sherds of Early Saxon pottery, but the pond is not firmly dated and may in fact be relatively recent. The residual flints reflect an early prehistoric presence in the area and the site's proximity to the Neolithic causewayed enclosure immediately to the south. The boundary ditch is thought to be a continuation of a linear cropmark recorded to the east of the Late Bronze Age enclosure at Springfield Lyons. If so, it would have been part of a wider Late Bronze Age landscape around the enclosure, forming a major boundary running along the eastern edge of the boulder clay plateau and along the top of the valley slope of the river Chelmer.
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Author:		 M Pocock
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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:		 2006
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Site: Springfield Business Park
Parish: SPRINGFIELD
District: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Springfield Business Park
Location - Auto Detected: Chelmsford
Location - Auto Detected: Springfield
Grid Reference: 573600, 208450 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Brick And Tile (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Worked Flint (Find)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Worked Flint (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOLLOW (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: essexcou1-13819
OBIB: 1605
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Note:		 A4 Blue spine
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016