Colchester Archaeological Trust

CAT Report 1754: summary

Archaeological evaluation at Waldegraves Holiday Park, Waldegraves Lane, West Mersea, Essex, CO5 8SE: November 2021
by Dr Elliott Hicks

Date report completed: February 2022
Location: Waldegraves Holiday Park, Waldegraves Lane, West Mersea, Essex, CO5 8SE
Map reference(s): TM 03510 12979 (centre)
File size: 6338 kb
Project type: Evaluation
Significance of the results:
Keywords: Waldegraves Mersea

Summary. An archaeological evaluation (22 trial-trenches) was carried out at Waldegraves Holiday Park, Waldegraves Lane, West Mersea, Essex in advance of the conversion of an area from caravan pitches to static caravans. There are few known archaeological remains in the vicinity of the site, although a series of post-medieval cropmarks lie to the north, and artefacts ranging from Paleolithic to post-medieval in date have been recovered from the coastline and the foreshore nearby. Excavations at this site revealed parts of a prehistoric settlement likely dating to the Bronze Age, along with evidence of more limited activity during the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods, the Iron Age, the Roman period and the postmedieval or modern periods.