Probable Middle Bronze Age ploughed out round barrows with cremation, Barrington's Farm, Orsett Cock (EHER 5220)

Archaeological excavation in 1983 recorded an oval ring ditch which produced Middle Bronze Age pottery and cremated bone from its upper fills. It probably surrounded a round barrow containing cremations. Within the ring ditch were five small cicrcular or oval pits, two of which contained a small amount of cremated bone. A second ring ditch, probably also a ploughed out round abrrow, is recorded on the NMP cropmark plot to the immediate south-east.

1983. Watching brief and archaeological excavations. Cropmark and other features east of the Orsett 'Cock' enclosure were excavated before the A13 dualling. The excavated features included some cropmarks already recorded (see EHER 1856-1862). An oval ring-ditch, approximately 7m x 5m, produced much Middle Bronze Age pottery and cremated bone from the upper fills. The ditch probably surrounded a barrow containing cremations. Within the ring ditch were five small cicrcular or oval pits, two of which contained a small amount of cremated bone. <1> <2> <3> Finds to go to Thurrock Museum. <4> See EHER 1858 and EHER 5218 for aerial photograph references. See aerial photographs <5> <6>. See also <7>. The feature is depicted on the NMP cropmark plot. A second ring ditch is recorded approximately 15m to the immediate south-east and may be contemporary. He features are separated by the Roman ditch (EHER 5222). <8> Site Assessment: Accession numbers if finds at Thurrock Museum? Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer. Note: A probably Bronze Age loomweight (EHER 1856) is recorded as being found on land to the west of these round barrows and may be associated.