Latchingdon Growth DG5 Scheme, Anglian Water. Archaeological Monitoring & Recording.

Abstract

This report provides assessment of results from archaeological monitoring along a 1.4km route of a 600mm sewage pipeline in the coastal village of Latchingdon, Essex. The project was commissioned by Anglia Water and was carried out between January and June 2011. Monitoring of topsoil stripping over 15m easement, and a 1m-wide trench up to 5m in depth is described, incorporating a route from The Street (TL 8831 0047) to the Sewage Works (TL 8772 0116). A grouping of three small oval pits was found to contain Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age pottery and a single rim sherd of briquetage vessel. A nearby cluster of two pits and a gulley containing early Roman pottery was also identified. Two ditches dating to the 14th or 15th centuries were also identified along with two other nearby undated ditches possibly forming a co-axial pattern beneath the current village residence. Surface remains of a 19th century building were also noted.