Watching brief by ECC Field Archaeology Group at Sparkey Cottage, Mope Lane, Wickham Bishops, 1997 - EEX53016

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Grid reference	Centred TL 8329 1229 (72m by 72m) Copied from linked Mon.
Map sheet	TL81SW
Civil Parish	WICKHAM BISHOPS, MALDON, ESSEX

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WATCHING BRIEF

Organisation

Field Archaeology Group/Unit, ECC

Date

01 Apr 1997 - 30 Apr 1997 at some time

Description

An archaeological watching brief of topsoil stripping and levelling on the site of a new home at Sparkey Cottage, Mope Lane, Wickham Bishops. NRHE data transfer: Monitoring of groundworks for a new house recorded features related to the known Iron Age settlement excavated to the north in the 1920s & 1930s. (See EHER 8221).

Sources

<1> SEX60304 Watching Brief Report: Heppell, E.. 1997. Sparkey Cottage, Mope Lane, Wickham Bishops, Essex: archaeological watching brief.
<2> SEX62086 Article in serial: Bennett, A.. 1998. Archaeology in Essex 1997. Essex Archaeology and History. 29. 194-215. Heppell, E., p.210.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

EHER 17765 Roman pit, Sparkey Cottage, Mope Lane (Monument)

Other References

NRHE UID: 1232939
Archaeological Investigations Project: E.22.2835

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