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Pot on line of trackway LFQ16 and LFQ17

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Pot on line of trackway LFQ16 and LFQ17

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Roman coins found on the trackway

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Aerial photographs show two sets of trackway ditches extending across the site. Those from the north are linked with prehistoric ring ditches and enclosures and perhaps surprisingly appear to be a continuation of a present day 'lane' passing Sains Hall. Toward the south west of our area this track turns in the Heybridge direction.

South of Lofts Farm was a distinctively different straight Roman trackway. This would have provided a direct link to Heybridge for a Roman settlement in Lofts field LFA and also a Roman gravel quarry on the far side of Slough House Farm.