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The Old Gosfield Airfield, Land at Southey Green, Sible Hedingham, Essex |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In August and September 2014 Archaeological Solutions (AS) carried out an archaeological monitoring and excavation at The Old Gosfield Airfield, Land at Southey Green, Sible Hedingham, Essex (NGR TL 7733 3169). The monitoring was commissioned by Push Energy in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning permission for the change of use of the site from agriculture to mixed use for agriculture and generation of renewable energy (solar) to include installation of PV panels, mounting frames, inverters, switchgear, security fencing and associated infrastructure. In broad terms the archaeological potential of the site was mainly for medieval and post-medieval remains. There is a general dearth of prehistoric, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon remains in the area, although this is likely to be due to the limited archaeological field work carried out, rather than a genuine absence of archaeological remains. There is more evidence to show that the site was located within a medieval landscape including moated sites, place names, and pottery kilns, with the closest HER site a medieval |
Author: |
Z Pozorski
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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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: |
2014
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Locations: |
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The Old Gosfield Airfield, Land at Southey Green, Sible Hedingham, Essex |
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Essex |
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Braintree |
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SIBLE HEDINGHAM |
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England |
Grid Reference: 577330, 231690 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-216994 |
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Archaeological Solutions Report No. 4710 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |