Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1816: summary

Archaeological monitoring at Altyre House, The Causeway, Great Horkesley, Essex, CO6 4AB:February-April 2022
by Laura Pooley

Date report completed: July 2022
Location: Altyre House, The Causeway, Great Horkesley, Essex, CO6 4AB
Map reference(s): TL 97768 31203 (centre)
File size: 6304 kb
Project type: Monitoring
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Summary. Archaeological monitoring was carried out at Altyre House, The Causeway, Great Horkesley, Essex, during internal repairs to the property which involved removing 1.2m depth of contaminated soil from the grand hall and sitting room. Altyre House is a Grade II listed early 19th-century house fronting a 15th-century range (NHLE no. 1222604). Excavations removed a layer of modern concrete and sand overlying a layer of post-medieval/modern made-ground, which sealed natural. Exposed brick wall foundations were six/seven courses deep, and a brick structure found in the vicinity of the fireplace is presumably related to an earlier phase of the fireplace.