Roman field boundary and pits on land between Park Drive and Mundon Road, Maldon (EHER 48853)

Trial trenching and archaeological excavation in 2015 recorded a Roman field boundary, and a loose cluster of Roman pits.

June-August 2015. Trial trenching and archaeological excavation. The trial trench evaluation identified below-ground archaeological remains of Roman and possibly earlier date alongside Mundon Road. The subsequent excavation investigated the Mundon Road frontage and a low density and complexity of below-ground archaeological remains was encountered. A field boundary ditch of Roman date ran parallel to Mundon Road and a loose cluster of Roman period pits, or pit-like features, were recorded, mainly occurring between this ditch and the road. A few other pits were recorded in this same area which could not be certainly dated but seem likely to have been of prehistoric or Roman date. <1>