Medieval kiln dump and possible brick and tile kiln at High Woods, Writtle Forest (EHER 767)

The site of a possible medieval brick and tile kiln depicted on map of 1600 and interpreted from waster samples.

Medieval pottery and tile kiln. <1> <2> Finds in Colchester Museum. <1> <3> A map of 1600 in the Essex Record Office shows the house and 'Tilekell' of John Finch, Tilemaker. <1> <4> October 1967. Field survey. P Drury collected waster samples from the site, which is now ploughed. These have been deposited in Colchester Museum. <1> <4> <5> Site Assessment: More information needed. Related to EHER 765? NRHE data transfer: August 1988. Field survey. At grid reference indicated is mixed oak/birch woodland with ground cover of bracken. No evidence seen for kiln site(s). To North, centred on TL 644029, is some woodland clearance. No evidence for kiln(s) seen. <6> This record may not directly represent the location of a kiln. Instead, it may be a findspot/artefact scatter of medieval wasters which probably constitutes a kiln dump and which has been interpreted as the site of a kiln.