Site of Post-Medieval Mr Barton's Pans, Gunfleet Estuary (EHER 48671)
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Summary
Site of Mr Barton's Pans, Holland Haven, at the mouth of the former Gunfleet Estuary. Thought to be copperas settling pans.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 2267 1799 (840m by 781m) |
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Description
Research project on the Gunfleet Estuary, 2015
Site of Mr Barton's Pans, Holland Haven, at the mouth of the former Gunfleet Estuary. These are thought to be copperas settling pans. They are shown on the 1783 plan of the Tendring levels. Suggested that they related to the copperas industry as settling pans, no evidence for a copperas house on the site, but one is recorded at Walton. Now comprise a line of roughly rectangular ponds running parallel to the sea-wall, on the marshward side of the wall. They vary in size from 20 x 10m to 175 x 25m, it was not possible to ascertain their depth. <1>
Sources
- <1> SEX72736 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL: Clacton VCH Group. 2015. Research project on the Gunfleet Estuary.