Excavation by Rochford Hundred Field Archaeology Group at Leigh Beck Marshes, Canvey Island, 1993 - EEX52776

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Grid reference TQ 823 832 (point)
Map sheet TQ88SW
Civil Parish CANVEY ISLAND, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX

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Rochford Hundred Field Archaeology Group

Date

17 Jul 1993 - 04 Sep 1993 occasionally

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A new programme of work was begun on this important late Iron Age, Roman and medieval red hill and estuarine site. Preliminary research on unpublished sources showed that at least ten separate salt processing units had been recorded previously at different times.

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  • <1> Excavation Report: Mackley, R. and Faulkner, N.. 1994. Transactions of the Rochford Hundred Field Archaeology Group - Volume 1 Excavation on the Leigh Beck Marshes 1993.
  • <2> Serial: Essex Archaeology and History Society. 1994. Essex Archaeology and History, Series 3, Volume 25. 3(25). v.25, p.247-248.
  • <3> Serial: Current archaeology. 2001. Current Archaeology, No. 174. v.15, no.174, p.244.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Iron Age to Roman red hill/saltern, Red Hill III, Leigh Beck (Monument)
  • Iron Age to Roman settlement and red hills/salterns at Leigh Beck (Monument)

Other References

  • NRHE UID: 939023
  • Archaeological Investigations Project: E.22.0182

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