Undated ditches at Upper Raypits Farm (EHER 19082)

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Summary

A watching brief recorded two parallel undated ditches and a burnt patch.

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 8973 9586 (216m by 217m)
Civil Parish	CANEWDON, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

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Description

August 1989. Watching brief. A watching brief was conducted by Southend Museum during the excavation of an agricultural reservoir at Upper Raypits Farm, Canewdon. Dug to a depth of 1.5m revealed two ditch-like features (undated), and a burnt patch with daub and a fragment Mesolithic flint (see EHER81679). <1>

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DAUB (Unknown date)

Sources

<1> SEX214 Article in serial: Gilman, P. (ed.). 1990. Excavations in Essex 1989. Essex Archaeology and History. 21. 126-139. Crowe, K., p.128.

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Watching brief by Southend Museum at Upper Raypits Farm, Canewdon, 1989 (EEX53189)

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