Undated wickerwork basket, on the foreshore near 'Othona' Roman fort (EHER 49409)

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Summary

A wickerwork basket was recorded in 2016 as it eroded out of the saltmarsh. It resembles the type of basket that was used for cockle-gathering, but it was not possible to date it.

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Grid reference	TM 0343 0831 (point)
Civil Parish	BRADWELL-ON-SEA, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Unknown date)

Description

August 2016. Emergency excavation. A wickerwork basket was reported, eroding out of the saltmarsh. Emergency excavation recorded what survived. It measured approximately 50cm diameter with a flat bottom, of the form associated with cockle-picking. It was not possible to date it. <1>

Finds

BASKET (Undated)

Sources

<1> SEX73820 Report: Medlycott, M.. 2016. Bradwell-on-Sea basket.

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Archaeological Intervention: Archaeological excavation by M. Medlycott (ECC) on the foreshore near 'Othona' Roman fort, Bradwell-on-Sea, 2016 (EEX59408)

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