An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching at 35 Hatfield Road, Witham, Essex – November 2012

Five trial-trenches were excavated by the Colchester Archaeological Trust within the footprints of four proposed buildings and a new access road in the grounds of a former care home in Witham.
A post-medieval field-boundary ditch was identified in two of the trenches. Two sherds of residual pottery were recovered from the boundary ditch, ie one grey ware sherd of probable Roman date and a medieval sandy orange ware sherd of 13th- to 15th-century date.
No archaeological features or deposits associated with the Iron Age and Roman Witham Lodge site, or with any later settlement along Hatfield Road, were uncovered in the trial-trenches.