No definite finds or features, Holland On Sea (EHER 17302)

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Summary

A site visit to Little Holland Brook Flood drainage site revealed no definite archaeological features. Present were possible cut and laid brushwood in a section beside a large shoring for a man-hole shaft about 5m deep. Above the layer of brushwood was a layer of dark humic peat overlain by blue-grey clay

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Grid reference	Centred TM 210 171 (86m by 110m)

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WOOD (undetermined, Undated)

Description

Site visit 1984 A site visit to Little Holland Brook Flood drainage site revealed no definite archaeological features, but did show possible cut and laid brushwood in a section beside a large shoring for a man-hole shaft about 5m deep. Above the layer of brushwood was a layer of dark humic peat overlain by blue-grey clay. <1><2>

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PLANT REMAINS (Undated)

Sources

<1> SEX54285 DESC TEXT: Martingell, H.E.. 1984. Report on visit to Little Holland Brook Flood Drainage Site.
<2> SEX54286 Graphic material: Martingell, H.E.. 1984. Holland Bridge, Clacton, Section at Manhole.

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