Red hill or saltern, 'Red Hill XIII', shoreline near Rolls Farm (EHER 12157)
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Summary
A red hill marked on an Ordnance Survey map.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 9485 0858 (98m by 124m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TOLLESBURY, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Red hill marked on Ordnance Survey map. <1>
Red Hills Exploration Committee Hill XIII Goldhanger. <2> <3>
No. 71 in Rodwell's list. <4>
EHER gives NGR as TL 9484 0847 and mentions 'Red hills'. <5>
Site Assessment: More information needed.
See also <6>.
A red hill is visible at this location on Google Earth imagery from 2021. <7>
NRHE data transfer:
(TL 9480 0840 - sited from map) Red Hill. (Iron Age/Roman Salt industry - see EHER 12107). <8>
September 1972. Field survey.
There is no trace of a Red-Hill at Wilmer's siting, an area under stubble exhibiting clean earth only. Some 150m to the north at TL 9485 0856 is a ploughed down Red Hill, less than 0.3m high, extending over an area of about 100m in diameter. Red earth and Iron Age/Romano-British briquetage are in evidence. <9>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX35221 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1975. TL 9408-9508. 1:2500.
- <2> SEX1258 Article in monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1963. A History of the County of Essex. Victoria County History Volume III. pp.32-33.
- <3> SEX35151 Article in serial: Reader, F.W.. 1908. Report of the Red Hills Exploration Committee 1907-8. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. 23. 66. 2nd Ser, Vol 23, p.66.
- <4> SEX35130 LIST: Rodwell, W.J.. unknown. Red Hills. Tollesbury, No. 71.
- <5> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown. B.Watts.
- <6> SEX74996 Aerial Photograph (Digital): Saunders, H.. 2021. EX21/10/014-017.
- <7> SEX68000 Aerial Photograph: Google. Google Earth Online Resource. 07/09/2021.
- <8> SEX25037 Serial: Society of Antiquaries of London. 1909-1911. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume 23. 23. Wilmer, H., p 68.
- <9> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. JRL 06-SEP-72.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL90-052
- NRHE identifier: 383362
- National Monuments Record: TL 90 NW 11