Roman pottery sherds and brick fragments, Dusty Lane (EHER 17406)

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A scatter of Roman pottery and brick fragments.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 7757 2079 (392m by 397m)
Civil Parish	CRESSING, BRAINTREE, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

To the north-west of the footpath/lane, roughly midway between the end of the lane and the footpath branching to the south-east. A scatter of Roman brick fragments +-30m across, with several pieces of pottery in surrounding area up to +-50m across. More pottery was found further down slope (+-100m) near the site of an old spring. Metal detecting revealed several metal (bronze/lead) objects including several Roman fragments. <1> Area = 0.2 ha

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<1> SEX59984 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Martin, R.. 1995. Dusty Lane.

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Non-Archaeological Intervention: Metal detecting and fieldwalking by R. Martin at Dusty Lane, Cressing, 1995 (EEX52904)

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