Site of Iron Age to Roman red hills, Old Moze dock area (EHER 3523)
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Summary
Sites of red hills, probable Iron Age and Roman salt working mounds, no longer extant.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 2027 2509 (375m by 305m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEAUMONT-CUM-MOZE, TENDRING, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.
Site of several Iron Age and Roman red hills. <1> <2>
According to an OS card in 1954 no traces visible. <3> <4>. But according to Farrands it was visible as a mound cut by the sea wall ditch. <5>
The site was cut and destroyed by junction of a fleet and delphs behind the (sea) wall, but a portion survives where the delph is broken for access to the field. In the south facing section, about 0.6m from the surface, the writer observed a portion of hearth wall 0.25m tall and 0.15m thick, of soft red clay. A little briquetage was collected, including a portion of trough rim with finger-tip cabling on the rim which fixes an applied strip to the edge (this feature is not `decoration' as some writers would have us believe. <6>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown. B.Watts.
- <2> SEX76 Monograph: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume III, North-East. pp. 8.
- <3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TM22SW01, 1954.
- <4> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F1 JHO 07-JUL-54.
- <5> SEX10919 Article in serial: Farrands, R.H.. 1959. Essex red hills in the Hamford Water Area. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin. Vol 2, pp25-27.
- <6> SEX10280 Article in monograph: Barford, P.. 1976 ?. Unrecorded Discoveries in North-East Essex 1955-1976. East Anglian Archaeology. Forthcoming, typescript in SMR.
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TM22-010
- NRHE identifier: 389564
- National Monuments Record: TM 22 SW 1