Land south and west of Broomfield Place and Broomfield Primary School, Broomfield, Essex. An Archaeological Desktop Assessment

Abstract

This archaeological desktop assessment has been commissioned by Pegasus Planning Group Ltd. on behalf of Persimmon Homes to better define the scope of archaeological interest of a 10.2ha site at Broomfield, to the north of Chelmsford, Essex. No known archaeological or historical sites occur within the Application Area, however, archaeological and cartographic evidence from the wider area does indicate at least a moderate potential for previously unrecorded archaeological remains. Significant archaeological sites dating to the later prehistoric, Romano- British and Saxon periods are recorded in the wider landscape and that unrecorded remains dating to these periods may exist within the Application Area cannot presently be ruled out. The Application Area is also located close to two greens, which appear to have been settlement foci since at least the medieval period, and associated archaeological remains could potentially extend into the site.