Archaeological strip map record and excavation at Matching Green AGI, Essex

A strip, map and record exercise was carried out by Oxford Archaeology East during April and May 2011 on three separate areas of improvement and expansion on the National Grid AGI site at Matching Green Essex (TL 532 117).In total three areas were striped of top soil but only two areas 1 and 3 were reduced enough to encounter sub-soils and natural geology. A large curvilinear ditch, pits and further smaller curvilinear features were found. These are thought to date to the latter Prehistoric and the Romano-British periods.