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A Late Iron Age Burial Enclosure at Maldon Hall Farm, Essex: Excavations 1989

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

N. J. Lavender ,
S. Browne ,
J. Evans ,
H. J. Major  and
C. R. Wallace
N. J. Lavender
Affiliation:
Archaeology Section, Planning Department, Essex County Council, County Hall, Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1LF
S. Browne
Affiliation:
The Old Chapel, Hamptworth, Salisbury, Wilts
J. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Biosciences, Polytechnic of East London, Romford Road, London E15 4LZ
H. J. Major
Affiliation:
Archaeology Section, Planning Department, Essex County Council, County Hall, Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1LF
C. R. Wallace
Affiliation:
Archaeology Section, Planning Department, Essex County Council, County Hall, Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1LF
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Abstract

This report describes the total excavation of a small, rectangular ditched enclosure measuring 23.5 m by 15 m. It was shown to have been a cemetery enclosure (probably that of a small family group), belonging to the second half of the 1st century BC. Three vessels containing cremation burials were found in pits within the enclosed area, along with nine other funerary bowls, urns and jars. Whilst cremation burials of this date are fairly common, this is the first published example of such a cemetery enclosure from Essex.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 203 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1991

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