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Cuton Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex |
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In October 2015 Archaeological Solutions (AS) carried out an archaeological trial trench evaluation on land north of Cuton Hall Lane, Chelmer Village Way, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex (NGR TL 7330 0814). The evaluation was carried out in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning approval to construct a Montessori day nursery with associated parking and landscaping (Chelmsford City Council Planning Approval Ref 14/01471/FUL), based on the advice of an Historic Environment Advisor of Essex County Council (ECC HEA). Archaeological investigations associated with the development of Springfield have shown that the site lies within an area of known multi-period archaeological remains of regional importance, and the nationally-important Bronze Age Springfield enclosure lies to the immediate north east. Excavations in the 1980s and early 1990s recorded part of the western side of a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the east of the site, a causewayed enclosure containing a late Bronze Age settlement and an early Saxon cremation/inhumation cemetery, and a late Saxon manorial settlement site. More recent excavations have been carried out at Springfield Business Park, further defining the western extent of the Saxon cemetery and recording further evidence of Bronze Age and Iron Age activity. A low density scatter of finds of Roman date and earlier residual finds has been recorded immediately adjacent to the current site at Plot N of the business park, the Roman material reflecting the fact that the site also lies in the hinterland of the main Roman settlement in Chelmsford, close to the contemporary London-Colchester road. However, the only feature revealed in this evaluation was a north-south aligned ditch that may form part of an 11th -13th century field system. |
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2015
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Cuton Hall Lane |
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Essex |
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Chelmsford |
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CHELMSFORD |
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England |
Grid Reference: 573300, 208140 (Easting, Northing)
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archaeol7-263537 |
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Archaeological Solutions Report no. 4975 |
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12 Jun 2020 |