Site of Iron Age to Roman red hill, Kirby Quay (EHER 3542)

Site of a possible Red Hill or salt working mound, early Iron Age and Roman pottery found. A flint flake was also found. The red hill is no longer extant.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Site of a possible red hill at Kirby Quay. It was roughly circular and slightly raised, eroded by the tide. About 20 feet east of the sea wall, apparently dug into in 1941. A single sherd of Hallstatt type gritted ware with fragments of Roman pottery was rescued as it eroded out of the Red hill. Colchester Museum No. 115.43. <1> <2> A flake of brown flint was also found recorded separately at EHER 3542. Larger quantities of pottery and flint have also been found in this red hill and recorded separately as EHER 17623 and EHER 17619. Site Assessment noted that the area was subject to tidal erosion. <1> <2> Perambulation on the whole area revealed no trace of a Red Hill. The land to the east of the sea wall is under crop and was not investigated. <3>