A wooden hurdle or structure was exposed by currents on the tidal flats at Sutton on Sea. Samples from the hurdle were radiocarbon dated to the late Saxon period. The criterion for the selection of the 'rods' seems to have been for thickness rather than age, suggesting perhaps that the woodland from where they originated was not coppiced. The discovery of a sheep rib bone, with little evidence of erosion may indicate a terrestrial site (as opposed to a fish trap). {1}{2}