Archaeology Summary for Goldhanger The locations below are shown on the… Interative map
HER - Essex Historic Environment Records, see links to... Listed Buildings and Monuments Local - indicates knowledge from local sources (documents in local archives) the web - indicates information from the internet(extracts in local archives)
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HER	playing field	Barrow, burial & earthworks
HER	Bounds Farm	Roman midden, saltern, broken Sagger, etc. see… Salt extraction in the Blackwater
HER HER	Bounds Farm Sailing Club	Roman pottery, Samian ware, large jars with rolled rims. Crop-marks showing at Bounds Farm Redhill excavated in 1908. One of the many local Redhills.
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HER	Joyces Creek	Prehistoric settlement, Redhill excavated, flints
HER	“	Hand axe, Neolithic worked flints & pottery
HER	“	Mesolithic dated worked flints with serrated blades
HER	“	Two line of posts, date unknown
HER	“	Decoy Ponds one with eight “pipes”
Locql	“	Site of Fish Pits and the 1953 Seawall breach that caused local flooding
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HER	The Stumble	Neolithic settlement, midden, cooking pot, steam baths & Neolithic plant material, 4000 -2300 BC
the web	“	The most comprehensive group of Earlier Neolithic plant remains of any domestic site in England”
HER	“	Early Bronz age settlement, post holes 2350 - 700 BC
HER	“	Iron age settlement - hurdle bridge, fish traps, stock enclosure, etc
HER	“	Pottery vessel, Roman occupation, 43 - 409 AD
HER	“	A discus like polished flint knife found on the eroding shoreline in the area of the Stumble. Theses knives are rare and appear to be a British develoment, associated with Beaker pots and EBA burials.
HER	“	Post-medieval wooden structures
Local	"	Hand millstone, 20 inch diameter found at this location
Local	"	Site of WW-II V2 rocket crash
Local	"	A bronze spearhead in perfect condition, found by a dingy sailor in the estuary near the Stumble.	return to map
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HER	The Creek	Lines of wooden posts, date unknown
the web	"	Wooden structures on the Goldhanger foreshore radiocarbon dated to 13^th century. Probably a jetty.
HER	"	Wreck of Thames barge Snowdrop is still visible.
Local	"	The barge Snowdrop had a long local career.
Local	"	Parts of a wreck were explored by Crawshay Frost in the 1950s, which he thought was the keel of a Roman galley. Parts are said to be given to Colchester Castle museum
Local	"	Pieces of ornamental masonry from the oldLondon Bridge were used to build parts of the seawall. Some were not used and saved by locals.
the web	"	Remains of a Roman Pier” found in Goldhanger Creek in 1947
the web	“	“Prof. S.J.Rippon (1997: 130-3) has suggested Goldhanger Creek as an AngloSaxon trading place on the Essex coast”.	return to map
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HER	Collins Creek	Early medieval fish traps or weirs, consisting of thousands of posts, 640-670 AD
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HER	Highams Farm	A medieval moat
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HER	Church field	Cropmarks of linear features
Local	Church field	Aerial photos of clear cropmarks were said to be the former Goldhanger Hall. However an excavation in 2011 did not supported this.
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Local	Garden near the Church	A Neolithic stone implement found in a garden that was formerly a farmyard. It could be either a axe head or a hand tool for skinning animals.	return to map
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HER	south of Gardners Farm	Redhills, salterns and barrows investigated in the early 1900s
HER	“	Near the seawall: A first brass of Trajan and a first brass of Faustina Jnr were among six coins found at Goldhanger and donated to Colchester Museum (2909.14) by Mr F W Reader in 1914. Pastcape monument no. 383370	return to map
Local	“	Decoy Ponds “destroyed by modern reservoir”
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Local	Barrow Marshes	there are very few signs of the Ancient Tumuli at Barrow Marshes	return to map
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HER	Osea Island east end	Polished neolithic implement	return to map
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Local	Osea Island	There are many metal and concrete remnants of HMS Osea including the remains for the CMB launch ramps.	return to map
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HER	Estuary off Bounds	Neolithic worked flints & pottery
Local	“	Site of two Fish Pits shown on 1820 Tithe map. Roman coins found in the Estuary. Dagger and spurs found in the Estuary.
Local	“	Blocks of stone that proliferate in the Estuary and Creek are said to have been ballast in barges not needed for return journeys.	return to map
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Local	Estuary off Bounds	Two trackways or causeways from Bounds hatch heading towards Osea Island, clearly visible at low tide. A track or causeway here may have been part of an ancient/Roman north-south route from Colchester to Osea Island. See... Local highways and byways and section 6 - North and south routes from The Square	return to map
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HER	south of Cobbs Farm	Site of Bentall’s 19th century iron foundry	return to map
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Local	field east of village	Copper ingot hoard found in the year 2000
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HER	north of Charity Farm	Cropmarks of rectilinear feature
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HER	north of Folly Faunts	Cropmark of rectilinear features and pits	return to map
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Local	Estuary, off Lauristons	Redhills & decoy ponds shown on 1947aerial photo
Local	“	Site of WW-2 Douglas Boston bomber crash, Nov 1942
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Local	field in village triangle	Stone-age knife handle found, whereabouts unknown	return to map
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HER	Estuary, off Rolls Farm	Neolithic and Bronze Age site and a substantial red hill	return to map
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See also the Maldon Archaeological and Historical Group website and the Maldon area study report … Maeldune - Introduction - Maldon both in External links
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