TVAS
SOUTH
Cheston House, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex
Archaeological Evaluation
by Odile Rouard
Site Code: GCE17/228
(TL 5068 4248)
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TL50000 51000 GCE17/228 Cheston House, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, 2017 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 1. Location of site within Great Chesterford and Essex.
Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:12500 42600
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N Cheston House, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, 2017 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 2. Detailed location of site Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 42525
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N Cheston House, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, 2017 Archaeological Evaluation Figure 3. Site plan showing excavated trenches.
0 25m Trenches 1 and 2
SW NE 113.14m AOD
Topsoil (50)
Subsoil (51)
Natural geology (Sandy clay with flints) Base of excavation
Trench 3 (SW end)
SW NE 106.72m
Concrete
Made ground (52)
Subsoil (51)
Natural geology (Sandy clay with flints) Base of excavation
Trench 3 (NE end)
SW NE 106.72m
Disturbed topsoil (50)
Made ground (52)
Subsoil (51)
Natural geology (Sandy clay with flints) Base of excavation
GCE 17/228 Cheston House, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex 2017 Archaeological Evaluation
Figure 4. Representative sections.
0 1m Plate 1. Trench 1, looking North-east. Plate 2. Trench 2, looking North-west. Scales: 2m, 1m and 0.50m. Scales: 2m, 1m and 0.50m.
Plate 3. Trench 3, looking South-west. Plate 4. Trench 3, looking North-east. Scales: 2m, 1m and 0.50m. Scales: 2m, 1m and 0.50m.
GCE17/228 Cheston House, London Road, Great Chesterford, Essex, 2017 Archaeological Evaluation Plates 1 - 4. TIME CHART
Calendar Years
Modern AD 1901
Victorian AD 1837
Post Medieval AD 1500
Medieval AD 1066
Saxon AD 410
Roman AD 43 AD 0 BC Iron Age 750 BC
Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC
Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC
Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC
Neolithic: Late 3300 BC
Neolithic: Early 4300 BC
Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC
Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC
Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC
Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC
Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC TVAS (South), 77a Hollingdean Terrace Brighton, BN1 7HB
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