This list of archaeological sites includes finds and excavations that have taken place in the area now covered by the Thurrock unitary authority. The list is arranged by location and then chronologically by the date of the discovery or excavation. The archaeological finds and features cover all periods from the paleolithic to the 20th century. Most editions of Panorama (the Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society) contain further information about local archaeology. A brief review of archaeology in Thurrock by the Mucking weekenders is in an article by Margaret Jones in Panorama 24. There is a fuller account of archaeology in Thurrock between 1954 and 2002 (including reminiscences of the Mucking excavation) in Thurrock Gold published by the Thurrock Local History Society. Recent editions of Essex Archaeology and History contain short reports of archaeological activity in Essex (including Thurrock) during the previous year. These reports include trial excavations and surveys that revealed no significant features or finds and which are not included in this list. This list does not include most individual finds housed in the Thurrock Museum. A list of palaeolithic and neolithic finds was published in Panorama - Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society, 3, 1958. Many Romano-British and Saxon finds in the museum are listed in The Archaeology of Thurrock: Romano-British and Saxon by Randal Bingley (supplement to Panorama - the Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society, 1973).

Sites of archaeological finds or excavations

Aveley

Chadwell St Mary

(See also Tilbury Docks and Tilbury Fort. For Chadwell St Mary Ringworks, see West Tilbury.)

Corringham

East Tilbury

Fobbing

Grays

Horndon-on-the-Hill

Langdon Hills

Little Thurrock

(see also Tilbury Docks)

Mucking

Orsett

Purfleet

Sites listed under West Thurrock

South Ockendon

Stanford-le-Hope

Stifford

Tilbury Docks

Tilbury Fort

West Thurrock

West Tilbury

(see also Tilbury Fort)