Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1913: summary

Archaeological evaluation on land to the rear of Stranger’s Way, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, C07 0QT: March 2023
by Ben Holloway and Laura Pooley (with contributions from Adam Wightman)

Date report completed: April 2023
Location: Land to the rear of Stranger’s Way, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, C07 0QT
Map reference(s): TM 07983 17907
File size: 3993 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results:
Keywords: Brightlingsea

Summary. An archaeological evaluation (three trial-trenches) was carried out on land to the rear of Stranger’s Way, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex in advance of the construction of five new residential dwellings. The site is located c 380m west/north-west of a large multi-period archaeological site at Brightlingsea Quarry which provided evidence for occupation from the Early Neolithic to the Late Anglo-Saxon period. Features encountered during the evaluation included three undated ditches and a gully, a pit/tree-throw, a modern rubbish pit and eight modern tree-throws.