Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 985: summary

Archaeological evaluation at Oxford House, Upper Holt Street, Earls Colne, Essex, CO6 2PG: July 2016
by Laura Pooley (with contributions from Stephen Benfield)

Date report completed: August 2016
Location: Oxford House, Upper Holt Street, Earls Colne, Essex, CO6 2PG
Map reference(s): TL 86427 28723 (c)
File size: 1,016 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: medieval, ditch, modern, pits

Summary. An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching was carried out at Oxford House, Upper Holt Street, Earls Colne, Essex in advance of the construction of a new dwelling in the existing car-park. Oxford House is a Grade II-listed 15th-century building on a large plot with curtilage outbuildings. The evaluation trench revealed a medieval ditch aligned north-west to south-east, two modern pits, a row of four undated post-holes, and an undated pit. The medieval ditch may possibly represent a field boundary on the Earls Colne Priory estate.