Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 2019: summary

Archaeological evaluation at 31a Julien Court Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9BN: January 2024
by Dr Elliott Hicks

Date report completed: January 2024
Location: 31A Julien Court Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9BN
Map reference(s): TL 76328 23711
File size: 4,098kb kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results:
Keywords: Modern, Braintree, Post Medieval

Summary. An archaeological evaluation (four trial-trenches) was carried out at 31a Julien Court Road, Braintree, Essex, in advance of the construction of three new bungalows. The site lies east of the Roman road which ran from Chelmsford to Braintree, and west of the site of a tile-built Roman kiln. An Early Bronze Age stone hammer and a Bronze Age pit have also been found in the vicinity. Excavations at the site uncovered a pit or tree-throw, two gullies and a ditch. Only one of these features produced any finds, a gully, which was dated to the medieval or postmedieval periods.