Collection
Brief description
Between the 10th of November and the 1st of December 2023, Oxford Archaeology carried out an excavation on land at Rosario, High Road, Thornwood, Essex. An open area excavation of approx 0.3ha targeted features first revealed during an excavation carried out in August 2023 by Pre-Construct Archaeology.
Three phases of activity were revealed by the excavation:
The earliest phase comprised a scatter of Middle Iron Age pits and small curvilinear ditches distributed across the site which produced pottery sherds, fragments of clay loom weights and a spindlewhorl. The second phase of activity comprised three small pits in the north east corner of the site which contained 19th - 20th century pottery.
Archive comprises of one box of finds, one box of paperwork and one folder.
Title
Land at Rosario, High Road, Thornwood
Object number
EPPMS.2024.34
Object name
Archaeological archive: Land at Rosario, High Road, Thornwood (hamlet of North Weald Bassett). Site code: NWBT23
Material
