Roman find scatter west of Gutteridge Wood (EHER 14097)

Roman and prehistoric site identified by fieldwalking conducted as part of an assessment of the proposed line of the A133 Little Clacton and Weeley Heath Bypass. 40 sherds of Roman pottery were recovered, the absence of building materials such as roof-tile and brick suggests that it is a native British settlement with buildings of wooden construction.

Roman and prehistoric site identified by fieldwalking conducted as part of an assessment of the proposed line of the A133 Little Clacton and Weeley Heath Bypass between 1990 and 1991. Initial fieldwalking yielded two sherds of prehistoric pottery, 45 struck flints and 40 sherds of Roman pottery. Further investigation of the concentration by the walking of an intensive grid produced further prehistoric material and 44 sherds of Roman pottery. <1> The absence of building materials such as roof-tile and brick suggests that it is a native British settlement with buildings of wooden construction.<1> In 1993 an excavation on an area located by a fieldwalking survey found five cremations, all badly damaged by ploughing and only two urned and two ditches dating evidence identified these as Romano-British in origin. <2> They are recorded separately in EHER 17822 and 17821