Antiquarian excavation by Hon. R.C. Neville (Lord Braybrooke) in Fields 65-66, east of Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford, 1846-1847 - EEX64407
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 5050 4318 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL54SW |
| Civil Parish | GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Date
01 Jan 1846 - 31 Dec 1847 at some time
Description
Braybrooke organised the excavation of a Fields 65 and 66 outside the town wall measuring 18 poles in area. It is not possible to precisely locate these, as he refers to them as being set at right-angles to the Newmarket Road and sited a few hundred yards south of Mr Barnard’s gravel-pit. The field numbers and the description cannot be correlated on any of the maps of the period; however, using just the description it would appear that the fields in question must have been sited to the east of the London-Newmarket Road, approximately where the modern recreation ground is.
Note: The mapped location of this record is conjectural given that Fields 65 and 66 cannot be precisely located
NRHE data transfer:
Archive part of the Braybrooke Collection, Cambridge University Museum
Sources
- <1> SEX72792 Monograph: Medlycott, M.. 2011. The Roman Town of Great Chesterford. Gazetteer 59, p.233.
- <2> SEX17038 Bibliographic reference: Neville, R.C.. 1847. Antiqua Explorata: Being The Result of Excavations made by Hon. R.C. Neville, during the Winters of 1845, and 1846, and the Spring of 1847; In and About The Roman Station at Chesterford and Other Spots in the Vicnity of Audley End. pp.39-51.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- EHER 46232 Roman inhumation and cremation cemetery, in Fields 65-66, east of Newmarket Road, Great Chesterford (Monument)
Other References
- NRHE UID: 637632