Past Projects

Below is a list of past projects undertaken by the Society. Full details will be added in due course.

Marshall's Farm, Rochford, Essex (Nat. Grid Ref: TQ 877890) 1976-1983

Excavation of a Roman corn-dryer and other Roman features. Much Roman pottery and other domestic material was recorded and recovered from the site.

Cherry Orchard Lane Brickfield, Rochford, Essex (Nat. Grid Ref: TQ860895) 1976

Excavation of a medieval tile/brick kiln on the edge of the Rochford Hall estate. The kiln may have been associated with the manufacture of materials for the construction of the hall in the Tudor period.

Rochford Industrial Estate, Rochford, Essex (Nat. Grid Ref: TQ882898) 1976

Watching brief undertaken during the construction of drains revealed several ditches and a midden containing Roman pottery.

Survey of woodlands in south east Essex 1979-1982

A survey was undertaken of the woodlands within the region, focusing particularly on the woodlands within the Castle Point district. This survey was used by Dr Oliver Rackham of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in his book 'The Woodlands of South-East Essex'.

Temple Farm Industrial Estate, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 1985 - 1988

Excavation was undertaken in advance of the development of the Temple Farm Industrial Estate of this important multi-period site. The site was first noted in the late 1970s when two Roman cremation burials were recorded by Douglas Macloud of Southend Museum. The importance of the site was fully appreciated following the discovery, by metal detectorists, in 1985 of 33 Iron Age gold staters minted in Gaul. 'The Southend Hoard', as the find became known, was declared Treasure Trove at a Coroners Inquest and purchased by the British Museum.