Archaeological excavation on land at Watch House Green, Felsted, Essex, CM6 3EF: July-August 2022
CAT Report 1849: summary
by Dr Elliott Hicks (with contributions from Dr Matthew Loughton, Laura Pooley, Bronagh Quinn & Alec Wade)
Summary
An archaeological excavation was carried out on land at Watch House Green, Felsted, Essex in
advance of the construction of a residential development. The site lies adjacent to The Watch
House, which has its origins in the 17th century, and is in the midst of a number of cropmark
complexes. Excavation revealed: 1) a Late Iron Age/early Roman ditch and associated gullies;
2) an area of metalling with ditches, gullies and pits likely representing an agricultural landscape
close to a Roman farmstead or villa dating from the late 2nd into the early/mid 4th century; and
3) a post-medieval field boundary ditch
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Location
land at Watch House Green, Felsted, Essex, CM6 3EF
Map Reference
TL 69198 21101 (centre)