Framework Archaeology

Supplementary maps for Feudal Landscapes (CHAPTER 9) by Nicholas Cooke and Christopher Phillpotts Figure 9.9: Map of Bassingbourne Hall estate in Elsenham, Takeley and Stansted Mountfichet parishes, property of Sir Peter Parker c1804 (from ERO D/DU 726/1) Figure 9.10: A larger version of the map showing Colchester Hall Farm and manor of Colchester Hall, property of W R Hawkes, 1891 (from ...

A programme of radiocarbon dating was employed at Stansted to establish an absolute chronology with which to study the archaeological remains excavated. A phased strategy was devised and undertaken during post-excavation analysis, targeting features and deposits that seemed most significant from the results of finds, environmental and stratigraphic analysis.

Excavation on the MTCP site (BAAMP00) discovered a Middle Bronze Age ring ditch which surrounded the much eroded remains of a round barrow. The ditch contained waterlogged organic sediment above the primary silting. There are examples known of round barrows in the Fenlands of East Anglia which were engulfed in peat as a result of a rising water table long after their abandonment. However, it ...

The excavations at Stansted produced over 400 samples of charcoal, mostly from the LTCP, MTCP and M11 sites. About 220 were considered suitable for analysis and, from these, 67 samples were selected for full analysis, representing 42 contexts.

Excavations were carried out at Stansted Airport by Framework Archaeology during 2000 to 2001 in advance of the expansion of car parking facilities. An intensive program of soil sampling for the recovery of environmental remains was undertaken under the direction of Dana Challinor (OA Environmental Coordinator). Deposits dating from the Neolithic to post-medieval periods were sampled, including...

The marine shell assemblage consisted of 1,339 shells, representing 798 minimum numbers of individuals. These were retrieved from 209 deposits over four phases and from four of the sites at Stansted.

A total of 31,889 animal bone fragments, or number of individual specimens (NISP), were recovered from phased contexts from four sites dating from the Bronze Age to the post-medieval period.

An intensive programme of sampling was undertaken during excavation to retrieve monolith samples for palynological analysis. Deposits dating from the middle Bronze Age to the post medieval were sampled from a number of different feature types including the ditch of a round barrow, waterholes, pits and boundary ditches.

Excavation of the LTCP and MTCP sites at Stansted Airport found multi-period occupation that included Middle Bronze Age to post-medieval archaeology.

Although development associated with Stansted Airport over the past two decades has led to the recovery of a large amount of environmental information concerning Middle Bronze Age and later settlement in the area, very little is known of the first forests that developed on the clay plateau following the last glacial period. The lack of suitable pollen-bearing deposits in the area means t...