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Land South of Dunmow Road, Great Hallingbury, Essex |
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Archaeological Solutions Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
In September and October 2015 Archaeological Solutions (AS) carried out an archaeological excavation on land south of Dunmow Road, Great Hallingbury, Essex. The excavation recorded six ditches, ten possible quarry pits, a buried soil layer, and a handful of other features representing medieval occupation. The ditches appear to indicate that the site was divided up into roadside plots possibly represent toft and croft-type habitation. The quarry pits appear to have been used to extract the clays overlying the naturally occurring sands in this area and this was possibly transported for use at a nearby medieval tile kiln which has been recorded in the vicinity. The finds assemblages recovered from the site contain elements that appear to be of a higher status than the recorded features would suggest, possibly indicating that deposits, perhaps from the nearby Thremhall Priory, were being transported to this location to infill the pits and other features that were present. |
Author: |
Andrew A Newton
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Publisher: |
Archaeological Solutions Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Land South of Dunmow Road |
County: |
Essex |
District: |
Uttlesford |
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GREAT HALLINGBURY |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 552693, 221332 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-274995 |
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Archaeological Solutions Report No. 5222 |
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Created Date: |
30 Apr 2020 |