Excavation by W.J. Rodwell at Leigh Beck Marshes, Canvey Island, 1964 - EEX62734

At Leigh Beck the sea is rapidly destroying a settlement site and a 'Red Hill. ' Many hundreds of sherds of Roman pottery of the 1st to 4th centuries have been found on the saltings, together with ' briquetage,' Belgic and Gallo-Belgic wares. Some fourteen different Samian forms have been noted and there is an outstanding amount of decorated ware of forms 30 and 37. A fragment of base was stamped Rll . . . A sestertius of Commodus was found in 1964. Brief excavations revealed a typical 'Red Hill', overlayed by a settlement of the 3rd and 4th centuries. A thick and extensive deposit of charcoal suggests that part of the area was burnt in the late Roman period.