Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 213: summary

An archaeological watching brief on new creeks and the breaching of the sea wall at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough, Essex: August-October 2002
by Orr, K (with contributions from Brooks, H; Sealey, P.)

Date report completed: 11/11/2002
Location: Great Wigborough, Essex
Map reference(s): TL970138, TL971140, TL9573613840, TL9644413604
File size: 453 kb
Project type: Watching brief
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: Iron Age, medieval, red hill, midden, prehistoric pottery, Roman pottery, amphora, briquetage

Summary. An archaeological watching brief was carried out during the digging of creeks and the breaching of the sea wall at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough, Essex, and one previously unrecorded red hill of possible Middle Iron Age date was observed. A probable medieval midden of oystershells was recorded near Salcott.