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Tudor Hunting Lodge Part 11 |
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 Historians and archaeologists had no idea that such a building existed on the slopes overlooking the village and its Elizabethan Hall, until three men out hunting rabbits lost one of their ferrets. Thanks to a radio tracking device it was wearing, the animal was soon found. But while digging it out, they also discovered along a meadow boundary, the remains of a 16th-century brick wall. Colchester Archaeological Group were invited to investigate this anomaly. Amazingly, they found the remnants of a Hunting Lodge which had been the subject of many folk tales over the years |
CAG dig at Lodge Hills, November
2010
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Excavation of Hunting
Lodge foundations and base
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Brickwork removed
from base excavation
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Well used for Drinking
Water, no artifacts found at the bottom
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Culvert believed
to carry water
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Well and Culvert
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Well and Culvert
to the top
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CAG dig at Lodge
Hills, November 2012
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During November
and December 2011, the site was reinstated back to farmland.
However, the Well was capped and bricked as shown above. A plaque will eventually be mounted on the site. |
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October 2013, all
that remains is the Notice Board and the Well
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Colour Photographs of site by Alan Beales 2010 & 2011
Acknowledgement to John Moore, Colchester Archealogical Group