Late prehistoric pit and pottery sherds, Martell's Quarry (EHER 3342)

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Summary

A watching brief during gravel extraction in 1975 recorded a shallow pit or hollow. It contained six pottery sherds of different fabrics but all coarse flint-gritted hand-made wares, all of which are thought to be later prehistoric in date.

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Grid reference	TM 055 282 (point)
Civil Parish	ARDLEIGH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

PIT (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 301 BC)

Description

1975. Watching brief - Area H. A shallow (0.25m) pit or hollow recorded in area of gravel pit. It contained five pottery sherds of different fabrics but all coarse flint-gritted hand-made wares. One is said to be of "general Iron Age type". <1>

Finds

SHERD (Early Iron Age - 700 BC to 301 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX12186 Watching Brief Report: Couchman, C. and Savory, L.. 1976. Ardleigh mineral watching briefs. feature H.

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Watching brief by C. Couchman and L. Savory (ECC) at Martell's gravel quarry, Ardleigh, 1975 (EEX12185)

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Old SMR Number: TM02-015

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