Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Thaxted Road, Debden, Essex, December 2024

This collection comprises images, survey drawings, site records, project brief and Written Scheme of Investigation from an archaeological evaluation at Thaxted Road, Debden, Essex. Work was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in December 2024, in advance of a new residential development. The site is located immediately south-east of Debden, a medieval village that is centred on the Church of St Mary and All Saints. The evaluation (six trial-trenches) revealed five ditches and three pits, five of which produced sherds of medieval pottery dating from the 11th to the 13th century alongside fragments of animal bone and a piece of lava quern suggesting habitation either on or close to the development site.