Trial trenching by Archaeological Solutions at land off Bramble Road, previously Kingdom Hall, Powers Hall End, Witham, 2007-2008 - EEX55473

NRHE data transfer: In July 2007, and between February and August 2008, Archaeological Solutions conducted an archaeological evaluation of land off Bramble Road, previously Kingdom Hall, Powers Hall End, Witham, Essex. The site is bounded to the east by a small leat running off the River Brain; the leat supplied water to the former mill to the south of the site. An Iron Age hillfort is located to the south of the site and a Roman hypocaust has also been discovered in the area, although the centre of the Roman settlement at Witham was located some distance south-east of the site. The town was populated during the Saxon period, as evidence of the inception of the market in 912 shows, although the centre of the burh has never been discovered. The town prospered during the medieval period. The fourth and final phase of trial trenching at Land off Bramble Road revealed archaeological features comprising a wall, a pit, a gully, and a ditch. The wall encountered in Trench 4, F1021, was modern and aligned with the site boundary to the northeast. The ditch and pit were post-medieval and probably relate to activity associated with the mill. The archaeological features are comparable to those recorded during the previous phases of the evaluation.