Late Iron Age boundary ditches and pit, Heybridge Primary School (EHER 83530)

Evaluation and excavation in 2010 recorded Late Iron Age boundary ditches, scoops and a pit.

September 2010. Trial trenching and archaeological evaluation. Evaluation and excavation (at TL 8636 0845), in advance of the construction of a new nursery unit at the school, revealed five Late Iron Age features, along with areas of disturbance and deposits of more recent date, overlying natural of patchy deposits of orange-brown clay silt over mixec brown gravel. The Late Iron Age features comprised two broadly parallel east/west ditches, probably boundary ditches; a pit, and tow shallow scoop-like features. One ditch and the pit contained a quantity of Late Iron Age pottery, all grog-tempered, and comprising rims, body sherds and bases from a range of vessels. <1>