Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1461: summary

Archaeological evaluation on land at Lawford House, Grange Road, Lawford, Essex, CO11 2JD: August 2019
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Laura Pooley, Alec Wade, Chris Lister, Ben Holloway, Sarah Carter)

Date report completed: September 2019
Location: Land at Lawford House, Grange Road, Lawford, Essex, CO11 2JD
Map reference(s): TM 09370 30670 (centre)
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Project type: Evaluation
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Summary. An archaeological evaluation of thirteen trial-trenches was carried out on land at Lawford House, Grange Road, Lawford, Essex in advance of the construction of eight new dwellings with garages, a new access road and associated groundworks. A post-medieval field boundary ditch, two ditches, two pits and a natural feature were uncovered. A scarcity of finds meant that only the field boundary ditch could be confidently dated; a single sherd of Roman pottery recovered from one of the other ditches does indicate some activity in the vicinity of the site during this earlier period, however.