Watching brief by Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit at the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, near Heybridge Mill, Heybridge, 2010 - EEX55877

A programme of archaeological monitoring was undertaken by Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit (ECC FAU) on the removal and replacement of a late 18th century timber culvert, known locally as a ‘chunker’, beneath the historic Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (EHER 15085). The work was commissioned by the Environment Agency and carried out in accordance with a brief issued by the Historic Environment Management team of Essex County Council (ECC HEM), who also monitored the work on behalf of Maldon District Council. NRHE data transfer: Watching brief and building recording of a late 18th timber culvert beneath the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation prior to its replacement. Groundworks recovered unstratified Iron Age and Roman sherds.