Prehistoric pit and undated ditches, Villa Farm Quarry (EHER 45981)

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Watching Brief carried out on topsoil stripping, revealed one possible prehistoric pit and two undated ditches

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Grid reference	Centred TM 0564 2187 (98m by 145m)
Civil Parish	ELMSTEAD, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Watching brief, 2004 A watching brief was carried out after an area to the west of Cockaynes Wood had been stripped of topsoil and subsoil prior to quarrying. During the watching brief, one possible prehistoric pit and two long ,undated ditches, which may have been field boundaries, were recorded <1> <2>

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<1> SEX65316 Watching Brief Report: Orr, K.. 2004. An Archaeological watching brief and recording at Villa Farm, Alresford, Essex.
<2> SEX65317 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Orr, K.. 2004. Essex Heritage Conservation Record.

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