Iron Age stake alignment or structure, 'Hullbridge Survey Blackwater Site 8', Bradwell-on-Sea (EHER 13628)

Please read our guidance about the use of Essex Historic Environment Record data.

Summary

A group of 12 oak posts were recorded during a field survey and yielded an Iron Age radio carbon date.

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Opacity

Info

Record list

Tools

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 0070 0936 (808m by 496m)
Civil Parish	BRADWELL-ON-SEA, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

1984. Hullbridge Survey: field survey. Iron Age wood: group of twelve oak posts thrust into the underlying old land surface and forming an irregular distribution over an area of approx. 6 by 10 m. One post, apparently cut with a metal tool yielded a radiocarbon date of 2350+ -70BP (HAR-7054) indicating an Iron Age date for the structure.<1> <2>

Sources

<1> SEX12793 Interim Report: Wilkinson, T.J. and Murphy, P.. 1984. The Hullbridge Basin Survey - Interim Report No 5. pp.25-27.
<2> SEX7590 Monograph: Wilkinson, T.J. and Murphy, P.. 1995. The Archaeology of the Essex Coast, Volume 1: The Hullbridge Survey project. EAA Report no..

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Field survey and partial excavation by T.J. Wilkinson (ECC) and P. Murphy (UEA), Blackwater Estuary and Clacton (Hullbridge Survey), 1984 (EEX12791)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TM00

Comments

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.