Iron Age pit and post-medieval field boundary at Zone ZZ, 5 Station Link Road, Beaulieu Park (EHER 80845)
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Summary
The evaluation recorded two features: a single Iron Age pit and a post-medieval field boundary ditch. A very small finds assemblage was also recovered.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7405 0981 (122m by 168m) |
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Type and Period
Description
April 2024. Trial trenching.
The evaluation recorded two features: a single Iron Age pit and a post-medieval field boundary ditch. The shallow pit in Trench 951 was potentially heavily truncated and produced two very small abraded sherds of Iron Age pottery (2g). The post-medieval ditch was on a NE-SW alignment and produced nine fragments of blue glass (6g), a single fragment of ceramic building material (CBM, 16g), and a single piece of coal (11g). <1>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX76021 Evaluation Report: Cox, N.. 2024. Beaulieu, Zone ZZ and Infrastructure Phase, 5 Station Link Road, Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford, Essex: Archaeological Evaluation Report.