Colchester Archaeological Trust
CAT Report 1766: summary
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Archaeological evaluation at Cross Cottages, Cooks Hill, Boxted Cross, Essex, CO4 5SH:December 2021
by Sarah Veasey
Date report completed: January 2022
Location: Cross Cottages, Cooks Hill, Boxted Cross, Essex, CO4 5SH
Map reference(s): TM 00764 32628 (centre)
File size: 4431 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results:
Keywords: Boxted Cross
Summary.
An archaeological evaluation (three trenches) was carried out at Cross Cottages, Cooks Hill, Boxted Cross, Essex prior to residential redevelopment. Immediately north-west of the development site is a field containing cropmarks and 150m to the west the cropmark of a scheduled Neolithic henge monument. Four features were uncovered during the evaluation, three modern post-holes and an undated ditch.