Blackley Quarry, Essex: Extension Phases 1+2. An Archaeological Evaluation

Abstract

700m of archaeological trenching was conducted as a condition to the extension (Phases 1 and 2) of Blackley Quarry over an area of 3.5ha. The investigation area was centred upon a landfall with minimal archaeological activity composed mainly of linears of a post-Medieval enclosed woodland and later arable landscape. At the base of the landfall were an infilled pond and a trackway, both sealed by colluvium probably accelerated after the 1970s following the area’s inclusion into the broader arable landscape. No earlier features or deposits were encountered