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ST OSYTH, ESSEX
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND AN ASSESSMENTOF THE RESULTS
Prepared on behalf of 
Videotext Communications49 Goldhawk RoadLONDONSW1 8QP
 by
Wessex ArchaeologyPortway HouseOld Sarum Park SALISBURYWiltshireSP4 6EB
Report reference: 55753.01
June 2005
© Copyright Wessex Archaeology Limited 2005, all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Limited, Registered Charity No. 287786 
 
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ST OSYTH, ESSEX
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND AN ASSESSMENTOF THE RESULTS
Contents
S
UMMARY
...............................................................................................................................................
III
A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
...........................................................................................................................
V
1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................1
1.1 P
ROJECT
B
ACKGROUND
.................................................................................................................11.2 H
ISTORICAL BACKGROUND
............................................................................................................21.3 P
REVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK 
.............................................................................................2
2 METHODS.......................................................................................................................................3
2.1 I
 NTRODUCTION
...............................................................................................................................32.2 A
IMS AND
O
BJECTIVES
..................................................................................................................32.3 F
IELDWORK 
M
ETHODS
..................................................................................................................3
3 RESULTS..........................................................................................................................................6
3.1 I
 NTRODUCTION
...............................................................................................................................63.2 G
EOPHYSICAL
S
URVEY
..................................................................................................................6
Magnetic survey – Area 1. (Figure 5)...............................................................................................6  Resistance Survey – Area 1................................................................................................................7  Resistance Survey - Area 2(Figure 6)................................................................................................7 
3.3 D
ENDROCHRONOLOGY
..................................................................................................................7
 Introduction........................................................................................................................................7 8 Spring Rd.........................................................................................................................................7 45, Mill St...........................................................................................................................................8St Clere Hall.......................................................................................................................................8
3.4 S
URFACE
C
OLLECTION
..................................................................................................................83.5 A
RCHAEOLOGICAL
E
VALUATION OF THE CREEK IN
A
REA
1.........................................................9
Trench 1 (Figure 7)............................................................................................................................9
3.6 T
HE FIELD TO THE NORTH OF THE CREEK 
.....................................................................................10
Trench 19 (Figure 8)........................................................................................................................11Trench 20 (Figure 8)........................................................................................................................11Trench 21 (Figure 8)........................................................................................................................12Trench 22 (Figure 8)........................................................................................................................13Trench 23 (Figure 8)........................................................................................................................14Trench 24 (Figure 8)........................................................................................................................14
3.7 A
REA
2–T
EST PITS AND
T
RENCHES IN
S
T
O
SYTH
......................................................................15
Test pits 2, 11 and 16 and Trench 17 – The churchyard (Figure 4)...............................................15Trench 3- The King’s Arms..............................................................................................................16 Trench 4 and test pit 5 – ‘The Butchers’.........................................................................................16 Test pit 6 – Warren Farm.................................................................................................................17 Test pits 7 and 8 and Trench 14 – The Old House..........................................................................17 Trench 14..........................................................................................................................................18Test pits 9 and 10 – The Red Lion...................................................................................................18Test pits 12 and 15 - White Hart......................................................................................................18Test pits 13 and 18 – No 7 Spring Road..........................................................................................19
4 THE FINDS....................................................................................................................................20
4.1 I
 NTRODUCTION
.............................................................................................................................204.2 P
OTTERY
......................................................................................................................................20
 Late Saxon........................................................................................................................................22Medieval...........................................................................................................................................22 Post-medieval...................................................................................................................................23
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