The overburden was removed from each trench by a 360� mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless bucket and working under close archaeological supervision. Excavation proceeded to the first archaeological horizon or to undisturbed natural geology, whichever was encountered first. Spoil from the topsoil and subsoil were stored separately. The trenches were cleaned by hand and any revealed features were sampled to determine their extent and nature, and to retrieve finds and environmental samples. All features and deposits encountered were issued a unique context number. A plan was drawn of each trench at a scale of 1:50, and each excavated feature was recorded in section at 1:20. Colour transparency and black-and-white photographs were taken of each feature, as well as more general shots of each trench. Spoil was scanned for artefacts, which were recorded and retained. All recording was conducted in accordance with the practices detailed in the OA Fieldwork Manual (OAU 1992). Trenches were backfilled using 360� mechanical excavators in accordance with specifications outlined by the land owners and their representative agencies. Between 8th August and 26th September 2005 Oxford Archaeology (OA) carried out a field evaluation on land at East Tilbury and Linford, Essex on behalf of CgMs Consulting and Thamesgate Regeneration Ltd. The results of the evaluation are to be included in an Environmental Statement in support of a planning application to be submitted to Thurrock Council for a proposed housing development. This evaluation exercise was concerned with Trenches 1 and 2 of Phase 1 of a programme that will be rolled out according to the phasing of the development. In addition to this, part of the corridor of a proposed spine road and an area of land belonging to the Bata Trust was also evaluated. At the time of the evaluation access was not available to part of the central and south-western parts of Trench 2. This area will be evaluated at a future date when access becomes available. The evaluation identified four main concentrations of archaeological features. A late Bronze Age settlement surrounded by a substantial enclosure ditch was identified in Trenches 385, 386, 388 and 390 on the land belonging to the Bata Trust. Features in the trenches around this may be the remains of fields and paddocks associated with the settlement. In the northern part of Trench 1 evidence was found for a complex of field boundaries dating from the Roman period. The prese...