Site of possible post-medieval pottery kiln, Little Grange Farm, Marlpits Road (EHER 7958)

On a map of around 1800 this was described as 'pot kilns'.

On a map of around 1800 this was described as 'pot kilns'. <1> <2> See EHER 7957 for an instance of pottery, roofing tile and possible kiln waste finds. NRHE data transfer: Woodham Mortimer: Little Grange. This farm is called 'Potkilns and Judges', on a map of around 1825 in Essex Records Office. The area is now a large orchard. A very small quantity of possible kiln waste was collected during field work; it is possible that there may be kilns in a fossilised field bank by the valley in the centre of the orchard. Two major power cables crossing the site make a magnetometer survey impossible. <3> Note: <3> may be the same as <2> but it is not possible to prove this with any certainty. July 1987. Field survey. The area indicated is now under plough; the fields were in crop and could not be walked. No field banks survive. The homeowners said they were acquainted with Mrs Sellars' claims for there being pottery kilns in the fields behind their house and had on several occasions walked over the area in winter but had found nothing. They said that the orchard was grubbed up and the land ploughed in around 1979-1980. They knew of nothing that was found at the time, although Mrs Sellars had visited the area herself. <4>