Undate pit with charcoal at Writtle Road, Margaretting (EHER 80831)

A small irregular undated pit containing charcoal.

November 2022. Watching brief. The only remains of potential archaeological interest identified comprised the base of a small irregular pit. The fill of this feature was recovered for environmental sampling. Frequent charcoal flecks and burnt stones were noted within the fill, however, the pit was not stone-lined and there was no evidence that the surrounding ground had been heat affected. No material suitable for dating or further analysis was recovered from the sample The pit was heavily truncated with no associated features, suggesting that either any other shallow features which may have existed had been lost to plough damage or this was an isolated feature. Given the location of the pit close to Bearman’s Farm, it is possible that the evidence for burning could be the result of a relatively modern localised fire rather than an archaeologically significant feature. <1>