Prehistoric burnt stone at Test Pit 4, Clavering Test Pit Survey (EHER 81979)

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Summary

A test pit survey throughout Clavering following the main high street, Pelham Road, totalling 12 excavation pits to establish where the localised Bronze Age, medieval, and post-medieval activity was through finds retrieved. This record refers to Test Pit 4. It contained prehistoric burnt stone.

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Grid reference	TL 4705 3175 (point)
Civil Parish	CLAVERING, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

2016. Test pitting. Four pieces of burnt stone were excavated and are likely part of a later prehistoric area of settlement identified through the test pitting, although further work on the lithics would be needed to confirm this. <1> See also: <2>

Finds

HEARTHSTONE (Later Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Sources

<1> SEX73158 Report: Access Archaeology. 2016. Clavering 2016 Test Pit Survey.
<2> SEX73159 Map: Access Archaeology. 2016. Clavering 2016 Test Pit Locations.

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Test pitting by Access Archaeology at Clavering, 2016 (EEX59139)

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