Trial trenching by Archaeology South-East on land West of Fambridge Road, North Fambridge, 2017 - EEX59337

Forty-five trial trenches measuring 30m long by 1.8m wide were excavated by a tracked excavator equipped with a toothless bucket, across a roughly 0.5ha site. NRHE data transfer: Site code: NOFFR17. The 45 trench evaluation uncovered evidence for a few dispersed later Bronze Age/earliest Iron Age features, possibly located in the hinterland of salt-working activity on the low-lying marsh to the east and west. A series of fairly substantial and broadly aligned Roman ditches probably represent part of a field-system which was most clearly defined in the south-western part of the site, though poorly dated features to the north and east may also be associated. Although closely datable finds were sparse, there is some evidence that the field system was established in the 1st century AD and recut and maintained into the mid Roman period. The remainder of the dated features were associated with post-medieval agriculture. Information from OASIS Online Form.