Trial trenching and archaeological excavation by ECC Field Archaeology Unit at the south-eastern corner of London Southend Airport, 1996 - EEX43227

For the purposes of the evaluation, the topsoil from 12 trenches, labelled from A to L, and a small ‘wing’, 3m by 6m, on the south-west side of trench B was removed by a mechanical excavator with a broad toothless bucket. In the excavation which followed, trench B was carefully extended by 3m to the north and south-west. NRHE data transfer, 1143675: Evaluation in the south-east corner of the airport revealed part of a small Late Bronze Age ditch. See NRHE Event 1143678 (this record) for follow-up excavation. The evaluation was preceded by a desk-based assessment (EEX63351). NRHE data transfer, 1143678: Excavation followed evaluation (this record) by three weeks, revealing a large ditch on the same alignment as the Late Bronze Age example discovered in the trial work, and apparently cut by it. No dating evidence for the earlier, and much larger, ditch was recovered. (See EHER 16956).