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Post-medieval building remains at Land at High Street/Weald Road (EHER 80010)

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Summary

Post-medieval building remains comprising of rectangular brick surface, brick wall aligned north-west/south-east and rectangular pit. Trial trenching in 2009 revealed a small number of medieval and post-medieval pottery sherds and post-medieval brick and flooring.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 5914 9367 (16m by 10m)

Type and Period

Description

2009. Trial trenching. A small number of medieval and post medieval pottery sherds and post-medieval brick and flooring were found. Features of relatively modern date (19th/20th century), aligned with the positions of the previously demolished properties. Features comprised of rectangular brick surface, aligned north-west/southeast, and over 1.12m wide by 2.8m in length with bricks dating to the 18th to 19th century. A rectangular pit 1.88m long by 1.06m wide and filled with dark brownish grey clay silt. A north-west/south-east aligned brick wall surviving to three courses high and composed of frogged bricks bonded with a cream coloured to brownish yellow mortar. <1>

Finds

Sources

  • <1> Evaluation Report: Ennis, T.. 2009. Land at High Street/Weald Road, Brentwood.

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