Roman finds assemblage, Heybridge (EHER 7789)

A report of Roman material which is said to have been similar to the assemblage of coins and urns recorded in EHER 7788. When visited in 1976, no further finds were recovered.

A large number of urns and some coins mentioned in source <1> as found in making a ditch in the 'field called The Stone behind the miller's house'. The mill is shown on the Chapman and Andre map of 1777. <1> Source <2> says this is 0.5 miles SSE of Langford Junction - it is in fact NNE. <2> See EHER 7786 for Langford Junction finds, also 7799 etc for 1970s excavations at Heybridge. NRHE data transfer: Material similar to that recorded in EHER 7788 came from the field named Stone behind the miller's house: Mill Lane at TL 854081. <2> September 1976. Field survey. Other Roman objects from Heybridge in Colchester Museum include two brooches, two bronze pins, a needle, a stud and two handles of spoons. The farmer at Elm Farm indicated 'Stone Field' at TL 852081. It lies at the edge of the Blackwater estuary on a low gravel terrace at present under pasture. No significant features were seen on the ground and no further finds have been reported. <3>