Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 2011: summary

Archaeological monitoring at Rivers Hall Farm, land west of Boxted Mill, Boxted, Essex, CO4 5TB: December 2023
by Dr Elliott Hicks

Date report completed: December 2023
Location: Rivers Hall Farm, land west of Boxted Mill, Boxted, Essex, CO4 5TB
Map reference(s): TM 00564 34448
File size: 2,982kb kb
Project type: Watching Brief
Significance of the results:
Keywords: Watching brief, Boxted, Colchester

Summary. Archaeological monitoring took place at Rivers Hall Farm, land west of Boxted Mill, Boxted, Essex during groundworks for the construction of six new foot drains and two large scrape areas to create shallow depressions to seasonally hold water for wildlife. The development site is located in the midst of cropmark complexes indicating the presence of Bronze Age round barrows or Iron Age enclosures. Despite lying in an archaeologically sensitive area, however, no archaeological features or material were encountered.