Transactions. Series 4. Volume 4.

Just published.

Essex Society for Archaeology and History
Transactions. Fourth Series. Volume 4 (2013)
(238 pages)

Contents:
Obituary. Major William Alfred Hewitt, 1923-2013:  Michael Leach … 1
Obituary: C. R. Hart, 1923-2013:  Janet Cooper … 2
A prehistoric eyot at Canning Town, Newham: a geoarchaeological investigation:  M Nicholls, J Corcoran, E Eastbury, J Cotton, R C Scaife, J E Whitaker, R I Macphall, N Cameron & K Stewart … 3
Further excavations at a Late Prehistoric and Roman Site at West Thurrock:  K Ritchie … 27
Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon occupation at Clements Park, Southend-on-Sea:  Gareth Chaffey, Gail Wakeham, Matt Leivers & Philippa Bradley … 40

Mersea Barrow Essays: 59-87
The West Mersea Roman Barrow (Mersea Mount):  Stephen Benfield & Ernest Black … 59
Mersea Island Barrow: the cremated bone and aspects of the mortuary site:  Jacqueline I McKinley … 74
Mersea Island Barrow: molecular evidence for frankincense:  Rhea Brettell, Ben Shern & Carl P Heron … 81

St Martin, Chipping Ongar: the Romanesque Church:  Daniel Secker … 88
A medieval croft at Lodge Farm, St Osyth : M Germany … 109
A Henrican fort and its associated foreshore structures: archaeological investigations in Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea, 2002-03: E M Heppell … 136
‘Young Gentlemen are at a Reasonable Rate to be Boarded’. The account of The Free Grammar School, Colchester c.1690-c.1820:  David Tomlinson … 158
The distribution and origin of ponds in Essex with special reference to the parish of Broomfield:  Ken Newman … 177
Archaeology in Essex (2011):  A Bennett … 196
Shorter Notes
Three Prehistoric worked flints of special interest:  Hazel Martingell … 216
Prehistoric and Roman remains at South Gate Hotel, Thremhall Avenue, Stansted Airport: Jonathan House … 217
A re-used Anglo-Saxon cross shaft fragment from St Mary’s Church, Newport:  Daniel Secker … 222
Survey of an earthwork mound – Magdalen Laver:  Peter D R Sharp & David McOmish … 223
Thomas Marshall or John Beche? Who was the last Abbot of Colchester?:  John Ashdown-Hill … 228
Book Reviews
Archaeology of the Essex Coast, Volume II: Excavations at the Prehistoric Site of the Stumble:  Jane Sidell … 233
Sir Thomas Smith: Scholar, Statesman and Son of Saffron Walden:  Nicholas J Easton … 233
Essex Bibliography:  Andrew Phillips & Paul Sealey … 235