Bronze Age pit at Rickstones Road, Witham (EHER 80216)
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Summary
A small quantity of late Bronze Age pottery, the majority of which derived from a single vessel, together with a sherd of early Bronze Age pottery, were recovered from a pit. The isolated incidence of this pit serves to demonstrate at least some low level of human activity at this location in the landscape at this time, albeit probably transient or intermittent.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8220 1664 (13m by 13m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WITHAM, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
August 2019. Trial trenching.
A small quantity of late Bronze Age pottery, the majority of which derived from a single vessel, together with a sherd of early Bronze Age pottery, were recovered from a pit. The CBM also recovered is judged to have been intrusive and derived from the backfill of the drain cut which truncated the prehistoric pit. The isolated incidence of this pit serves to demonstrate at least some low level of human activity at this location in the landscape at this time, albeit probably transient or intermittent.
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Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX75344 Evaluation Report: Archaeology South-East. 2019. Archaeological Evaluation and Mitigation Evaluation: Land at Rickstones Road, Witham, Essex.