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Plot K, Chelmsford Business park, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex: Archaeological Excavation |
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Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit unpublished report series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: |
An excavation was undertaken within the grounds of the former Springfield Lyons house, just north of a Bronze Age enclosed settlement, an Early Saxon cemetery and a Late Saxon settlement site excavated between 1981 and 1991. Those excavations also revealed the western side of a probable Neolithic causewayed enclosure, defined by a series of large pits that were demonstrated to extend across the eastern part of the current site (Plot K). Three newly-discovered pits were excavated on the projected line of the causewayed enclosure, along with the northern end of a pit that had been part-excavated during previous trenching in 1991. A small shallow pit of Neolithic date was located within the enclosure itself. A pronounced gap between the causeway pits towards the north-east corner of Plot K may indicate the position of an entranceway into the enclosure. Located within the arc of the Neolithic enclosure was the eastern half of a small roundhouse of Late Bronze Age date. Located c.70m north-east of the enclosed Late Bronze Age settlement, this is the only contemporary structure so far found outside of the enclosure. Two north-south aligned ditches were of Late Saxon date; one of them was possibly the southward continuation of a ditch found prior the development of Plots G and H, approximately 110m to the north and previously thought to have been of Late Bronze Age date. Another two north-south aligned ditches dated to the post-medieval period. |
Author: |
T Ennis
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Publisher: |
Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Essex County Council Historic Environment (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Plot K, Chelmsford Business Park, Springfield, Chelmsford |
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Essex |
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Chelmsford |
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SPRINGFIELD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 573570, 208227 (Easting, Northing)
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essexcou1-114801 |
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ECC FAU report ref: 2365 Rep |
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A4, 43 pages
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01 Feb 2018 |