Gravel extraction by commercial operators northwest of Great Chesterford, 1955 - EEX64449

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Grid reference	Centred TL 5010 4345 (49m by 165m) Fig. 2 and description on page 2
Map sheet	TL54SW
Civil Parish	GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

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Date

07 Feb 1953 - 10 Feb 1952 at some time

Description

A track 3ft (0.91m) deep and 21ft (6.4m) wide had been mechanically scraped for about 50 yards (45.27m) adjacent to a baulk left along the edge of the Phase II excavation. Between 7 February and 10 February, when excavation on Phase III (EEX64448) began, this track had been further bulldozed to a length of 150yds (137.25m) metres. Archaeological activity was prohibited on the track, not even for the removal of visible human bones.

Sources

<1> SEX17134 Monograph: Evison, V.I.. 1994. CBA Research Report No. 91: An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Great Chesterford, Essex. p.2 and Fig. 2.
<2> SEX17139 Article in serial: Draper, J.. 1986. Excavations at Great Chesterford, Essex, 1953-5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. 75. 3-41.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

EHER 83491 Probably Anglo-Saxon graves, part of N cemetery, northwest of Great Chesterford (Monument)

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