Iron Age settlement, Kent Hill, North of Ramsden Park Farm (EHER 7563)

Iron Age hut circle settlement site, partly excavated in 1962. The site of the excavation was under plough in 1975, slight depressions were visible in the plough although no settlement plan could be discerned.

1962. Archaeological excavation. Kent Hill. Iron Age occupation. Hut circles. Partial excavation, never published. Wickford Arch. Soc. <1> Ramsden Heath. Hut circles and Iron Age `B' pottery. <2> <3> September 1975. Field survey. The site of the excavations, now under plough, was indicated to me by the farmer at TQ 70809485. According to W J Rodwell, trial trenches were excavated by the Wickford and District Archaeological Society (now disbanded), which showed approximately six hut circles. No final report has been published or finds catalogued. Other amorphous depressions are visible in the plough, but no settlement pattern can be discerned. <4> <5> Billericay Arch. And Hist. Soc. were involved in excavations. Nothing actually found. Circles thought to be due to tethered goats. <6> Aerial photo - 1960s? Shows a possible parchmark of an enclosure, and other linears - shown by David De'Ath 2014. <7> Site Assessment = More information needed. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.