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Roman ditch and pottery finds, Vicinity of Frinton-On-Sea (EHER 2913)

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Summary

Ditch filled with black earth containing Romano-British pottery, section observed in the cliff-edge nearly opposite Connaught Avenue (TM 23901952) in and after 1904 and again in c. 1910 during alterations to Kelvin Lodge, Fourth Ave.

Map

Location

Grid reference TM 2390 1952 (point)
Civil Parish FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

Information from NRHE merged with original HER entry. Ditch filled with black earth containing Romano-British pottery, section observed in the cliff-edge nearly opposite Connaught Avenue (TM 23901952) in and after 1904 and again in c1910 during alterations to Kelvin Lodge, Fourth Ave. The line running WSW coincides with a former hedge-bank still traceable in 1962 and ditch which can still be traced in the greensward and in private gardens on the west of Fourth Avenue. <1> <2>

Finds

Sources

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> Monograph: Powell, W.R.. 1963. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol III: Roman Essex (VCH). Victoria County History. p 133.

Other References

  • Old SMR Number: TM11-045
  • NRHE identifier: 389498
  • National Monuments Record: TM 21 NW 6

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