Colchester Archaeological Trust
CAT Report 2122: summary
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Archaeological evaluation at Tillingham Hall Farm, North
Steet, Tillingham, Essex, CM0 7ST:
January 2025
by Dr Patrick Spencer
(with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Laura Pooley and Alec Wade)
Date report completed: January 2025
Location: Tillingham Hall Farm, North Street, Tillingham, Essex, CM0 7ST
Map reference(s): TL 99285 04003
File size: 2,680 kb
Project type: evaluation
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Summary.
An archaeological evaluation (five trial-trenches) was carried out at Tillingham Hall Farm, North Street,
Tillingham, Essex, ahead of the construction of a residential housing estate. The development site is
located to the north of Tillingham Hall, a medieval building that was completely rebuilt in the 19th
century with an enclosed farmyard to the north.
Excavations revealed nine features, six of which were modern. A wall foundation dated from the late
18th to the 19th century and is part of the farmyard buildings to the north of the rebuilt hall.
Interestingly a tree-throw and dump layer produced pottery of Late Iron Age/early Roman and Roman
date, along with sherds of prehistoric pottery, animal bone and oyster shell fragments.