Undated probable causeway, Tollesbury Wick Marsh (EHER 16342)

An undated linear banked feature is visible on aerial photographs. It was probably a causeway which once provided access across the salt marsh to the sea. Summary from record 16831: Probable causeway providing access across the salt marsh to the sea.

1995. Aerial photograph interpretation. Linear banked feature, possible former sea wall, or trackway. <1> - <4> May 1995. Field survey. A raised bank, probably a causeway, providing access across the salt marsh to the sea from the high ground to the North of the marsh to the sea. The sinuous linear feature is never more than 1.0m high (slightly above the surrounding level of the marsh) and averages between 9.4m and 11.0m wide with a cambered top. There is no sign of borrowing from either side of the bank: the slight 'ditch' evident in places is the remains of an old creek. The bank becomes broken and denuded as it nears the sea, suggesting that it may have at one time been outside the sea wall. The bank was investigated on the ground (but not surveyed) in May 1995 by the RCHME following a request from Essex County Council. <5> See also <6> <7>. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.