Late Iron Age to Romano-British features, Dead Lane; Site LCLDL (EHER 17824)

Excavation in advance of the construction of the A133 Clacton- Weeley bypass recorded linear ditches, pits of Late Iron Age to Romano British date and a C2 ditch system

The excavation investigated and recorded the area immediately to the West of a large cropmark complex (PRN 2883). Features included ditches, gullies and pits of various sizes. <1>. Seven features can be attributed to the late Iron Age to Romano- British phase on site, comprising ditches and pits. Pottery from the features dates to the 1st century AD. <1>. A rectilinear field system is dated to the early 2nd century AD and later. The upper fill of the ditches produced fragments of a lid- seated jar form typical of the 2nd to early- mid 3rd century. <1>.