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Trial trenching by Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit on land adjacent to St Nicholas' Church burial ground, Great Wakering, 1998 - EEX53949

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Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 9504 8755 (42m by 176m)
Map sheet TQ98NE
Civil Parish GREAT WAKERING, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Field Archaeology Group/Unit, ECC

Date

02 Sep 1998 - 15 Sep 1998 between

Description

NRHE data transfer: Site code: GWCE 98. Evaluation revealed evidence for Roman settlement, some Middle and Late Iron Age material, and Saxon activity, including at least one substantial ditch. The project was funded by Wakering Parish Council. Information from Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit(project number 457). See EEX62955 for subsequent excavation.

Sources

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Wardill, R.. 1998. Land Adjacent to St Nicholas' Church burial ground, Great Wakering, Essex. Archaeological Evaluation.
  • <2> Article in serial: Bennett, A. (ed.). 1999. Archaeology in Essex 1998. Essex Archaeology and History. 30. 210-231. Wardill, R., p.214.
  • <3> Serial: The Sociey for the Promotion of Roman Studies. 1999. Britannia: a journal of Romano-British and kindred studies, Volume 30. 30. p 355.
  • <4> Serial: Society for Medieval Archaeology. 1999. Medieval Archaeology, Volume 43. 43. p.243.
  • <5> Article in serial: Dale, R., Maynard, D., Tyler, S. and VaughAn, T.. 2010. Carved in stone: a late Iron Age and Roman cemetery and evidence for a Saxon minster, excavations near St Nicholas’ church, Great Wakering 1998 and 2000. 1. 194-231.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Early medieval remains on land a djacent to St Nicholas' Church, Great Wakering (Monument)
  • Iron Age ditch on land adjacent to St Nicholas' Church, Great Wakering (Monument)
  • Land adjacent to St Nicholas' Church, Great Wakering (Monument)

Other References

  • NRHE UID: 1176453
  • Archaeological Investigations Project: C.22.2868

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