Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1996: summary

Archaeological evaluation at Willows Green Solar Park, land east of School Road and Main Road, Felsted, Essex: September-October 2023
by Sarah Veasey (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Alec Wade and Adam Wightman)

Date report completed: December 2023
Location: Willows Green Solar Park, land east of School Road and Main Road, Felsted, Essex
Map reference(s): TL 72840 20248
File size: 2,122 Kb kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
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Summary. An archaeological evaluation (70 trial-trenches) was carried out at Willows Green Solar Park, land east of School Road and Main Road, Felsted, Essex in advance of the construction of a new solar photovoltaic farm. The site is located within the vicinity of a number of archaeological investigations, which have identified activity dating from the prehistoric period through to the post-medieval period. A total of 34 features were uncovered: 15 pits, eleven ditches, three gullies, a possible post-hole, a tree-throw and three natural features. Only a small quantity of the features produced datable finds, but these included prehistoric, Iron Age/Roman and medieval finds. The most notable artefact recovered was a polished flint axe dating the Neolithic period found in the topsoil.