Belgic pottery scatter, Scheduled monument East of Ardleigh (EHER 3485)
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Summary
Erith fieldwalked over a field and was able to see Belgic pottery 'practically everywhere' within the plough scatter. Identified were seventeen main sites where the pottery was most concentrated. The area covered about ten acres and with the sites at Vinces Farm, the Belgic settlement must have measured three quarters of a mile by a quarter of a mile.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 056 283 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ARDLEIGH, TENDRING, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Fieldwalking by F.H. Erith and F. Brand
Plough scatter, yielding Belgic material. <1> - <4>
Fieldwalking was conducted on the land of Messrs. E. Abbott and Sons Ltd. after the first ploughing of their land having with a deep plough, on their hundred acre field. Erith walk over this field and was able to see Belgic pottery 'practically everywhere'. He asked Mr Brian Blake to come and survey the location and together they pin-pointed seventeen main sites where the pottery was most concentrated. The area covered about ten acres and with the sites at Vinces Farm, the
Belgic settlement must have measured three quarters of a mile by a quarter of a mile. <5>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX12683 Report: Couchman, C. and Savory, L.. 1983. The cropmark complex and a group of Deverel-Rimbury burials at Ardleigh. part vi.
- <2> SEX12683 Report: Couchman, C. and Savory, L.. 1983. The cropmark complex and a group of Deverel-Rimbury burials at Ardleigh. part vi.
- <3> SEX12693 DESC TEXT: Unknown. unknown. TM02-015.
- <4> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM02NE5, 1977.
- <5> SEX12181 Article in serial: Erith, F.H.. 1960. Winter ploughing 1959-60 at Ardleigh, Essex. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin. 3. 2-7. Vol 3, p. 2.
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TM02-015