Neolithic to early Bronze Age pottery sherds and ditch, land East of 'Langford Lee', Maldon Road, Langford (EHER 49880)
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Summary
There was undoubtedly prehistoric (Neolithic) activity on the site, indicated principally by the Peterborough ware, circa 3500-2500 BC.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8401 0895 (77m by 98m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LANGFORD, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
April 2015. Excavation and trial trenching.
There was undoubtedly prehistoric (Neolithic) activity on the site, indicated principally by the Peterborough ware, circa 3500-2500 BC. However, only two features contained exclusively prehistoric finds. These were a ditch and posthole.
Stephen Benfield thinks the large size and unabraded nature of sherds from the ditch implies that the pottery 'does not appear to have had any significant history before entering the ditch'. This means that the sherds were probably not in circulation on a domestic site, and may be derived from a burial or other ritual deposit. However, because of the large number of residual finds on this site, it is possible that the ditch is actually medieval and that the Neolithic pottery is residual. <1>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX74599 Excavation archive: Holloway, B. and Brooks, H.. 2015. Archaeological evaluation and excavation: land east of 'Langford Lee', Maldon Road, Langford, Essex.