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Watching brief by Essex County Council Field Archaeology Group at Willow Pond Farm, Lower Road, Hullbridge, 1998 - EEX52848

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Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 8353 9469 (331m by 124m) Drawn from Fig. 2.
Map sheet TQ89SW
Civil Parish HULLBRIDGE, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Field Archaeology Group/Unit, ECC

Date

30 Jun 1998 - 30 Sep 1998 once between

Description

A watching brief on a flood defence work. NRHE data transfer: Site code: HUWP98. Watching brief undertaken during flood defence work found evidence of salt working (in the form of a 'red hill') in the side of a small drainage trench and in redeposited material. No archaeological features were found in the area of the borrow pit or of the new embankment. The project was funded by the Environment Agency. The project number is 413. Information from Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit record form.

Sources

  • <1> Watching Brief Report: Peachey, M.J.. 1998. Willow Pond Farm, Lower Road, Hullbridge, Essex: Archaeological Watching Brief.
  • <2> Article in serial: Bennett, A. (ed.). 1999. Archaeology in Essex 1998. Essex Archaeology and History. 30. 210-231. Peachey, M.J., p.225.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Undated red hill, Willow Pond Farm, Lower Road (Monument)

Other References

  • NRHE UID: 1178811
  • Archaeological Investigations Project: E.22.2840

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