Archaeological monitoring at Tilty Hill Barn, Cherry Street, Duton Hill, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2EE March 2018 by Dr Elliott Hicks with contributions by Stephen Benfield figures by Ben Holloway and Sarah Carter fieldwork by Mark Baister commissioned by Patricia Wallbank on behalf of Mrs Fi McGhee-Perkins NGR: TL 5967 2748 (centre) Planning reference: UTT/17/2246/FUL & UTT/17/2247/LB CAT project ref.: 18/02d Saffron Walden Museum accession code: SAFWM 2018.3 ECC code: TYTH18 OASIS reference: colchest3-308709 Colchester Archaeological Trust Roman Circus House Roman Circus Walk, Colchester, Essex CO2 7GZ tel.: 01206 501785 email:
[email protected] CAT Report 1261 May 2018 Contents 1 Summary 1 2 Introduction 1 3 Archaeological background 1 4 Aims 2 5 Results 2 6 Finds 4 7 Conclusion 5 8 Acknowledgements 5 9 References 5 10 Abbreviations and glossary 5 11 Contents of archive 6 12 Archive deposition 6 Figures after p6 Appendix 1 OASIS Summary List of maps, photographs and figures Cover: general site shot Map 1 Extract from Chapman and André map of Essex, 1777 2 Photograph 1 Site shot – looking south-west 3 Photograph 2 F1 – looking north 3 Photograph 3 Pottery bases 4 Fig 1 Site location Fig 2 Monitoring results Fig 3 Representative sections CAT Report 1261: Archaeological monitoring at Tilty Hill Barn, Cherry Street, Duton Hill, Great Dunmow, Essex – March 2018 1 Summary Archaeological monitoring was carried out at Tilty Hill Barn, Cherry Street, Duton Hill during a single-storey side extension associated groundworks. Remains associated with the historic farmstead which previously stood at this site, a concrete yard surface and two bricks dating to the post-medieval or modern periods, were uncovered.