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CRESSING TEMPLE, ESSEX

1978- 1981 Excavation CRESSING TEMPLE

Site archive to be deposited with the finds at Braintree Museum.
Archive Holder J H Hope
Auspices Brain Valley Archeological Society
Auspices Bramston Archaeology Field Unit
Director of fieldwork J H Hope
Finds Holder Braintree Town Hall and Heritage Centre
Funding Body/Financier Manpower Services Commission

Publications :
Reference Essex Archaeological News 115/1992

Note Essex Archaeology and History 11/1979

Note Essex Archaeology and History 12/1980

Note Essex Archaeology and History 13/1981

Note Essex Archaeology and History 14/1982/138

1988- 1990 Excavation WALLED GARDEN, CRESSING TEMPLE

Excavation also took place within the car park & in service trenches.
Auspices Essex County Council Archaeology Section
Director of fieldwork N Brown
Director of fieldwork R Flook
Director of fieldwork T Robey
Finds Holder Essex County Council

Publications :
Note Essex Archaeology and History 20/1989

Note Essex Archaeology and History 21/1990

Note Essex Archaeology and History 22/1991

Journal article Essex journal: a review of archaeology and local history Essex Archaeological and Historical Congress 25/1990

1991- 1997 Excavation CRESSING TEMPLE

Excavations on the walled garden, bullock shed, and Court Hall. Work in
1993 consisted of a series of watching briefs. Work in 1995 took place to evaluate proposals for a new visitor centre. In 1996 the medieval chapel
was re-excavated (Site code: CT 29). In 1997 the Tudor 'Greate House' was
investigated. Work in 1998 and 1999 formed a training excavation.
Director of fieldwork T Robey
Finds Holder Essex County Council
Funding Body/Financier Essex County Council Archaeology Section

Publications :
Note Essex Archaeological News 115/1992

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 23/1992

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 24/1993

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 25/1994

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 26/1995/247, 249

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 27/1996/167-268

Interim report Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 28/1997

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 29/1998

Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 31/2000

Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 36/1992

Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 37/1993/257-258

Note Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology 40/1996

Note Post-medieval archaeology : the journal of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology 26/1992

Note Post-medieval archaeology : the journal of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology 27/1993

1996 Evaluation CRESSING TEMPLE VISITORS CENTRE (CT 30)

Site code: CT 30. Three trenches excavated prior to excavation (see
Event 1143797). Two north-south aligned ditches were revealed, one possibly
medieval with post medieval infill, the other probably post medieval.
Other medieval and and modern features were also discovered. Archive held
on site.
Archive Holder Essex County Council Field Archaeology Group
Auspices Essex County Council Field Archaeology Group
Director of fieldwork Tim Robey

Publications :
Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 28/1997

Full report Essex County Council Field Archaeology Group [assessment & evaluation reports] Robey T S & Crouch B J/1996/Proposed Visitor Centre, Cressing Temple: an archaeological evaluation.

1996 Excavation CRESSING TEMPLE VISITORS CENTRE (CT 30)

Site code: CT30. Excavation following evaluation (Event 1143620) revealed
the brick footings of a previously unknown post medieval building, as well
as a timber slot and post holes of a medieval building to the north.
Ditches belonging to a medieval field system or trackway were also found.
See Event 925230 forwider ongoing project. Archive stored on site, to be
deposited with Braintree Museum.
Archive Holder Essex County Council Field Archaeology Group
Auspices Essex County Council Field Archaeology Group
Director of fieldwork A Garwood

Publications :
Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 28/1997

2002 Watching Brief LAND AT CRESSING TEMPLE

Monitoring of electricity cabling groundworks recorded two Tudor brick layers representing earlier use of the Wheat Barn.
Archive Holder Braintree District Museum
Auspices Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
Director of fieldwork D Andrews
Funding Body/Financier Developer

Publications :
Note Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society 34/2003