Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1030: summary

Archaeological evaluation at Westrope Haulage Yard, Sturmer Road, Birdbrook, Essex, CO9 4BB: October 2016
by Laura Pooley (with contributions from Stephen Benfield, Lisa Gray, Adam Wightman, Ben Holloway, Emma Holloway)

Date report completed: November 2016
Location: Westrope Haulage Yard, Sturmer Road, Birdbrook, Essex, CO9 4BB
Map reference(s): TL 70980 42788
File size: kb
Project type: Evaluation
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Summary. An archaeological evaluation (four trial-trenches) was carried out at Westrope Haulage Yard, Sturmer Road, Birdbrook, Essex in advance of the construction of new offices/light industrial units. Located close to a Roman cemetery, no significant archaeological horizons were exposed in three of the four trenches. The fourth trench contained the partial remains of a Roman clay-lined hearth/oven and a Roman pit. Two Mesolithic flint microliths were also found residually in a Roman feature.