Iron Age ditch and find, EDF Energy Networks cable route, Little Clacton (EHER 47187)

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Iron Age ditch and loomweight fragment found.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 1828 1855 (1616m by 753m)
Civil Parish	LITTLE CLACTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

DITCH (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Desk based assessment, 2009 There is generally good potential for prehistoric remains from the Neolithic to Roman. <1> Excavation, 2009 Evidence for prehistoric occupation consisted of an Iron Age ditch, and a residual Iron Age loomweight fragment. There were no Romano-British finds. <2>

Finds

LOOMWEIGHT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Sources

<1> SEX69290 Desk-Based Assessment: O'Gorman, L.. 2009. Proposed EDF Cable Route, Clacton Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.
<2> SEX69212 Report: Wightman, A. and Brooks, H.. 2009. Archaeological monitoring and excavation on the EDF Energy Networks Cable Route, Little Clacton, Essex.

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