Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 896: summary

Archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching on land adjacent to Martins Green, Pelham Road, Berden, Essex, CM23 1AE: November 2015
by Ben Holloway and Laura Pooley (with contributions from Stephen Benfield)

Date report completed: December 2015
Location: land adjacent to Martins Green, Pelham Road, Berden, Essex, CM23 1AE
Map reference(s): TL 46784 29856
File size: 692 kb
Project type: Archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching
Significance of the results: *
Keywords: pond

Summary. An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching was carried out in advance of the construction of a new house and cart-lodge on land adjacent to Martins Green, Pelham Road, Berden. Two archaeological features were recorded, a modern pit and an undated/natural feature. The remains of an historic pond, present on the first edition Ordnance Survey map, was also identified, but a modern plastic liner in its base indicated modern reconditioning of the pond and no archaeological horizons or water-logged deposits were observed. Despite being located close to a 16th-century Grade 2 listed house known as Martins Green, no significant archaeological features or finds were identified.