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Strood pile. The wood pile was excavated from under the Strood by workmen in 1978. This is one of a number of piles recovered. Carbon dating showed them to date from approximately 600 AD - Saxon times. Other oak piles have been dated to 684-702 AD. The pile is 7ft 4in (223cm) high and is heavy. A report on the piles, Mersea Island: the Anglo-Saxon Causeway by Philip Crummy, ... Cat1 Museum-->Artefacts and Contents Cat2 Mersea-->Strood

Strood pile. The wood pile was excavated from under the Strood by workmen in 1978.
This is one of a number of piles recovered. Carbon dating showed them to date from approximately 600 AD - Saxon times. Other oak piles have been dated to 684-702 AD.
The pile is 7ft 4in (223cm) high and is heavy.
A report on the piles, "Mersea Island: the Anglo-Saxon Causeway" by Philip Crummy, Jennifer Hillam and Carl Crossnan is online cat.essex.ac.uk/reports/EAS-report-0023.pdf or there is hardcopy in the Resource Centre in Essex Archaeology and History, Volume 14.


Date: 10 October 2010      

Image ID TM2_5550
Category 1 Museum-->Artefacts and Contents
Category 2 Mersea-->Strood


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