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Archaeological salvage excavation by P.J. Drury at Crescent Road, Heybridge, 1972 - EEX24963

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8501 0823 (49m by 39m) Copied from EEX56991 prior to deletion.
Map sheet TL80NE
Civil Parish MALDON, MALDON, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Essex County Council

Date

01 Mar 1972 - 31 May 1972 at some time

Description

An excavation was undertaken for eight weeks during March, April and May 1972 under the direction of P.J. Drury, during which an area of around 1600 sq. m was stripped. This followed trial trenching, see EEX24962. NRHE data transfer: RCHME Microfilm PRN No: 67.

Sources

  • <1> Article in serial: Drury, P.J. and Wickenden, N.P.. 1982. An Early Saxon Settlement within the Romano-British Small Town at Heybridge, Essex. Medieval Archaeology. 26. 1-41. (report of Anglo-Saxon evidence only).
  • <2> Article in serial: Wickenden, N.P.. 1986. Prehistoric Settlement and the Romano-British Small Town at Heybridge, Essex. Essex Archaeology and History. 17. 7-68.
  • <3> Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1973. Archaeological Excavations, 1972. p.28, p.50, p.81.

Related Monuments/Buildings (8)

  • Bronze Age post hole and pottery sherds, Crescent Road (Monument)
  • Early Anglo-Saxon sunken featured buildings and other features, Crescent Road (Monument)
  • Eighteenth to nineteenth century drainage bank and gravel pit, Crescent Road (Monument)
  • Later prehistoric flint assemblage, Crescent Road (Find Spot)
  • Middle Anglo Saxon to medieval ditches, Crescent Road (Monument)
  • Middle Iron Age post-built structures and probable Late Iron Age activity, Crescent Road (Monument)
  • Neolithic finds assemblage, Crescent Road (Find Spot)
  • Roman gravel pits, well, kiln and probable road, Crescent Road (Monument)

Finds (16)

Other References

  • NRHE UID: 637813

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