Roman ditch on land south of Langford Road (EHER 81895)
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Summary
Trial trenching in 1993 recorded one Roman ditch which contained tile and a small quantity of early Roman pottery.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8457 0855 (156m by 173m) Precise location not specified. |
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Type and Period
Description
1993. Trial trenching.
The trenches to the north of the 1993 site, in the proposed bypass land take, revealed only a single archaeological feature. Ditch 303 was a 2m-wide and 0.6m-deep cut that ran on a north-west to south-east alignment. Its silty clay fills appeared to be the result of natural silting and contained tile and a small quantity of early Roman pottery. This ditch almost certainly related to features later found on the Langford Road site (EHER 14652). <1>
Note: The material described in this record may be associated with the settlement at Elms Farm, see EHER 17445.
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX76888 Monograph: Atkinson, M. and Preston, S.. 2015. Heybridge: A Late Iron Age and Roman settlement. Excavations at Elms Farm 1993–5, Volume 1. EAA 154. p.8.