Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1935: summary

Archaeological evaluation at St Dominic’s Residential Home, London Road, Kelvedon, Essex, CO5 9AP: March 2023
by Ben Holloway (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Laura Pooley and Alec Wade)

Date report completed: March 2023
Location: St Dominic’s Residential Home, London Road, Kelvedon, Essex, CO5 9AP
Map reference(s): TL 85806 18329 (centre)
File size: 3673 kb
Project type: Evaluation
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Summary. An archaeological evaluation (five trial-trenches) was carried out on land at St Dominic’s Residential Home, London Road, Kelvedon, Essex in advance of the construction of new residential care facilities. The site is located within an archaeologically sensitive area, with previous investigations close by providing evidence of activity from the Late Iron Age and Roman periods, through the development of the medieval settlement, and into the modern town. The evaluation revealed modern ditches forming old landscape boundaries and horticultural features, modern rubbish pits and tree-throws.