Post-medieval occupation remains at West Street, Coggeshall (EHER 80041)

The demolition layer possibly belongs to the buildings that once stood on this site, as seen in the earliest mapping of West Street Coggeshall as seen on the C&A map dated to 1777. They are assumed to be cottages or other domestic dwellings that do not appear by the latest map of 1875 on the OS first edition, having been replaced by the late Victorian houses now in existence. The medieval to post-medieval pottery assemblage suggests that medieval occupation was present this far west along West Street.

February 2022. Watching brief. Archaeological monitoring took place during groundworks for a new dwelling at 63 West Street Coggeshall. The demolition layer possibly belongs to the buildings that once stood on this site, as seen in the earliest mapping of West Street Coggeshall as seen on the C&A map dated to 1777. They are assumed to be cottages or other domestic dwellings that do not appear by the latest map of 1875 on the OS first edition, having been replaced by the late Victorian houses now in existence. The medieval to post-medieval pottery assemblage suggests that medieval occupation was present this far west along West Street. <1>