Series: Monographs

Two small evaluation trenches were excavated in the garden of a bungalow, adjacent to the churchyard boundary wall on the west side of St. Andrew's Church. The known Roman road from the Mendips to the River Avon, over the Dundry Hills, was thought to have passed through Chew Magna but its precise route was never located. During the evaluation a very solid, worn, cobble layer was found. It sealed a Roman pottery sherd and was almost certainly part of the road. Pottery dating from the late 11th/12th century and a wall were also found, which indicated the likelihood of early medieval occupation. [Au(adp)]

The buildings (and later additions) of a purpose built, planned factory of 1859/60 were recorded. The engine house contained evidence of a rotative horizontal steam engine.[AIP]

An intermittent watching brief was held over the construction of houses together with associated works for services and access roads. This was deemed necessary given the proximity of important kilns and other findspots associated with the Roman pottery industry to the south and west, together with the possibility of occupation associated with the River Witham to the east of the site. At the time of the first archaeological visit in October 1994 work had already progressed on 11 houses to a phase beyond which archaeological recording was practical, some sherds of Roman pottery were however recovered. In January 1995 the works for two house plots were monitored, but no obvious finds or features were recorded, partly due to waterlogging and partly due to surface damage by machinery. [Au(adp)]

Trial trenches and a test pit were cut following the results of an earlier watching brief which established the survival of archaeological deposits along part of the West Street frontage. Two of the trenches encountered backfilled cellars. The ground seems to have undergone much disturbance and the lack of dating evidence from finds means the archaeological sequence is of limited use. The thick flint and gravel deposits revealed during the watching brief were not found at the appropriate heights and were not of similar thickness. Flints were discovered at a much greater depth at trench bottom. [Au(abr)]

An evaluation was carried out at the proposed site of a new vicarage, within the medieval town of Kelvedon. Occupation in the medieval period had been centred on the High Street and around the nearby Church of St Mary the Virgin, which lay on the probable site of a Roman cemetery. The nave of the church dated from the 12th century, and part of its fabric contained Roman brick. During the evaluation, an undated post-hole, a possible pit of Roman date, a Late Bronze Age post-hole and an undated ditch were revealed. The ditch ran at right angles to Church Street and probably represented a former medieval or post-medieval property or field boundary. Finds consisted of two sherds of Roman pottery, eight Late Bronze Age sherds, burnt flint and two pieces of cattle bone. [AIP]

No archaeological remains were identified in any of the trenches excavated. [Au(abr)]

Evaluation trenches were excavated to identify the depth of which Roman archaeology was present within the former Roman Colonia of Lindum. Likely Roman and medieval deposits were identified within 0.40m of the ground surface. Post-medieval occupation/demolition deposits were also identified, along with two walls. [Au(adp)]

A ditch was found containing Roman pottery and tile which added to the pattern of Roman activity in the Grange Road area. Three pits were also found on the site; the earlier two were dated to the late 17th to 18th century and one to the 19th century. The site had been extensively truncated by 19th century activity. [Au(abr)]