Undated and post-medieval ditches on land at Holloway Road, Heybridge (EHER 49669)

Trenching recorded a number of features including two post-medieval ditches and many undated ditches (one which may be prehistoric~).

October 2016. Trial trenching. A linear anomaly identified by the geophysical survey was revealed in Trenches 15 and 16, but not 14. Five weak linear anomalies, aligned NW/SE, were also identified but these were not detected in any of the trenching and are likely evidence of post-medieval ploughing. Archaeological features, all linears (ditches and gullies), were recorded in ten trenches in the central and eastern sectors of the site (Trenches 8, 11 – 12, 14 – 17, 19 – 20 and 22). Many of the features were un-dated. These include the ditches and gullies in Trenches 8, 11 – 12, 15, 17, 19 - 20 and 22. A single piece of prehistoric struck flint was recovered from Gully F1025. Post-medieval or modern ditches were recorded in Trenches 14 and 15, and these features appeared to represent interconnected land drains. <1>