Sparrow, P. (2010). Sunday Market Site, Maldon Road, Witham, Essex: Archaeological Evaluation. Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1033407. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Sunday Market Site, Maldon Road, Witham, Essex: Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 An archaeological trial-trench evaluation was undertaken as part of a planning condition prior to the construction of 32 residential houses. The main objective of the investigation was to locate and date a track known to run through the site toward the River Blackwater from Maldon Road. The track was located and can be demonstrated to be modern (its surfacing material contained tarmac). The finds from a boundary ditch, known from historic mapping to cross the site, date it to the 19th century. One post-medieval post-hole was also recorded. A modern cobbled surface, occurring just below the turf line, and a pit are likely to be related to the recent use of the site as a market venue, while a drainage pipe and gully represent general modern landscape management. The evaluation also revealed residual evidence of Mesolithic flint-knapping at this location. A Mesolithic microlithic flint core and two flakes were found in the same context as one sherd of undiagnostic prehistoric pottery and a non-prehistoric flint, within an apparently natural feature. This prehistoric evidence is of limited archaeological significance due to its residual nature within a single natural feature, though it shows that Mesolithic activity in the Brain Valley was not restricted to the Ivy Chimneys and Chipping Hill sites in Witham.
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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 (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Sunday Market Site, Maldon Road, Witham: Archaeological Evaluation
County: Essex
District: Braintree
Parish: WITHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 582680, 213670 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CERAMIC (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GLASS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) IRON OBJECT (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) WORKED FLINT (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) LINEAR/NATURAL FEATURE (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: essexcou1-78801
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Note:		 A4 bound document, 19 pages
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018