Pooley, L. (2022). Archaeological excavation at land northwest of Montpelier Villa, Blasford Hill, Little Waltham, Essex, CM3 3PG: January-February 2022. Colchester Archaeological Trust. https://doi.org/10.5284/1109970. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological excavation at land northwest of Montpelier Villa, Blasford Hill, Little Waltham, Essex, CM3 3PG: January-February 2022
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Series:		 Colchester Archaeological Trust online report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological excavation of an area 1,948 square metres as per the 2021 CAT WSI (Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) for an archaeological excavation on land north-west of Montpelier Villa, Blasford, Little Waltham) Archaeological excavation was carried out on land north-west of Montpelier Villa, Little Waltham, Essex in advance of the construction of ten new dwellings. An archaeological evaluation on the site in 2021 identified seven pits, seven ditches and a gully, most of which dated from the Late Iron Age into the Roman period. Finds, including fragments of daub, pottery vessels and a sherd of polychrome glass vessel, indicated that the site was probably located close to a settlement. Excavation revealed a Late Iron Age to early Roman enclosure in the north-west corner of the site with additional ditches forming a coaxial field system. The pottery shows a bias towards vessels used for food storage and preparation but did include some imported Samian and amphora. Daub possibly came from a structure and a very small quantity of animal bone and metal-working debris was also recovered. By the 2nd century, six new ditches were focussed further to the east but on the same alignment as the original field system. The later-dated pottery occurs in much less quantity suggesting that occupation was no longer focussed on the site, although two copper-alloy coins along with a fragment of lava quern, some animal bone and metal-working debris all attest to people living and working in close proximity.
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Author:		 Laura Pooley ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Colchester Archaeological Trust
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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County: Essex
District: Chelmsford
Parish: Little Waltham
Country: England
Grid Reference: 570648, 211940 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN COAXIAL FIELD SYSTEM (Tag)
ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
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LATE IRON AGE COAXIAL FIELD SYSTEM (Tag)
ROMAN ENCLOSURE (Tag)
COAXIAL FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
LATE IRON AGE ENCLOSURE (Tag)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: colchest3-503338
Report id: CAT Report 1820
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Created Date:		 11 Jul 2023