Late Iron Age to Roman cremation cemetery at Heybridge Cemetery, Hall Road (EHER 18778)
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Summary
A Late Iron Age (La Tene/Belgic) cremation cemetery, which was found on the site of the new cemetery at Heybridge (EHER 40187).
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8596 0790 (133m by 221m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEYBRIDGE, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Belgic cremation cemetery. <1> - <4>
NRHE data transfer:
June 1976. Field visit.
A late La Tene cremation cemetery was found on the site of the new cemetery at Heybridge, Maldon. The urns, and associated pottery were given by Heybridge Parish Council to Colchester Museum (nos. 2470-4.12). There is a cemetery at TL 860 079 which was extant in 1898 and could possibly be the 'new cemetery' referred to. See EHER 40187. <5> - <8>
September 1976. Field visit.
According to local residents, who confirmed the site of the cemetery, no further finds have been reported. <9>
A Belgic cremation cemetery dating from the late 1st century B.C to the early 1st century AD was recorded at this location. <4>
TL8508 (SIC) Probable cemetery site. One grave group and other pottery vessels found on at least two occasions. <10>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX65498 Monograph: Thompson, I.. 1982. Grog Tempered Belgic Pottery of South-Eastern England. BAR 108 (i). pp.729-732, Belgic Pottery found October 1982.
- <2> SEX65500 Article in serial: Birchall, A.. 1982. The Aylesford-Swarling Culture: The problem of the Belgae reconsidered. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 31. 241-367. pp.241-367.
- <3> SEX33875 Article in monograph: Rodwell, W. in Cunliffe, B.W. and Rowley, R.T.. 1976. Coinage, Oppida and the Rise of Belgic Power in South-Eastern Britain. Oppida: the Beginnings of Urbanisation in Barbarian Europe: Papers presented to a Conference at Oxford, October 1975. 181-367. pp.181-367.
- <4> SEX24952 Article in serial: Wickenden, N.P.. 1986. Prehistoric Settlement and the Romano-British Small Town at Heybridge, Essex. Essex Archaeology and History. 17. 7-68. pp.53-54.
- <5> SEX77034 Serial: Prehistoric Society. 1954. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, Vol. 20. 20. p.22, C A R Radford.
- <6> SEX7 Report: Colchester Museum. 1913. Colchester Museum Report. pp.10-11, photo.
- <7> SEX75475 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME). 1960s-1990s. Field Investigator's Comments. BAH 21-JUN-76.
- <8> SEX43340 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1861-1876. Ordnance Survey 25 inch (1st edition). 25". 25" 1st ed 1898.
- <9> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Stevens, P.A., 30-SEP-76.
- <10> SEX54357 Monograph: Whimster, R.. 1981. BAR 90 - Burial practices in Iron Age Britain: a discussion and gazetteer of the evidence c 700 BC- AD 43. pp.366-367.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Other References
- NRHE identifier: 380761
- National Monuments Record: TL 80 NE 46