Roman agricultural activity at Broad Street Road, Heybridge (EHER 83525)
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Summary
Trial-trenching recorded a Roman field boundary ditch and residual finds.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 8590 0917 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEYBRIDGE, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
June 2017. Trial trenching.
A trial-trench evaluation at Broad Street Road, Heybridge, revealed three main phases of activity at the site. The second phase relates to possible Roman agricultural activity in the form of a field boundary ditch in Trench 23 and residual Roman finds. A small and abraded body sherd of a Romanising grey ware was recovered from the surface clean of the feature and is dated from the mid/late 1st to mid/?late 2nd century. Additionally two very abraded fragments of
Roman roof tile and one very abraded body sherd of Roman pottery were found in ditch 1023 which is most likely a post-medieval feature with residual Roman finds. <1>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX73274 Evaluation Report: Cunningham, L. and Brook, M.. 2017. Broad Street Road, Heybridge, Essex: Archaeological Evaluation.