Scheduled Monument: Site of pre-Roman settlement (1002173)
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| Authority | Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) |
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| Date assigned | |
| Date last amended |
Description
Site of the pre-Roman Iron Age oppidum known as Sheepen. Oppidum occupied from mid 1st century BC but Sheepen site can be dated from c. 10 BC although there may have been a landing place here previously. Occupation continued into the Roman period with gravel digging and small-scale industries.
External Links (1)
- View details on the National Heritage List for England (From EH UDS to Legacy x-reference)
Sources (4)
- SCC1033 Desk-based Assessment: Brooks, Howard (CAT). 2015. Heritage Statement: St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex.
- SCC1038 Evaluation Report: Sparrow, Phillippa. 2010. Kingswode Hoe School, Sussex Road, Colchester, Essex Archaeological Evaluation.
- SCC1034 Geophysical Report: Dennis, Tim (University of Essex). 2014. Geophysical Survey at St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester, Essex.
- SCC813 Unpublished document: Orr, Kate (CAT). 2004. Watching brief on sewer re-lining at Hilly Fields, Colchester, Essex.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 9842 2553 (1101m by 1028m) |
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| Map sheet | TL92NE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Related Monuments/Buildings (189)
- ?Roman quarry pit at 37 Oaks drive, Colchester (Element) (MCC9230)
- A Roman compacted gravel layer at St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester (Element) (MCC3132)
- Bronze Age or Early Iron Age Pit, Kingswode Hoe School, Colchester (Element) (MCC3050)
- Bronze Age pit (containing Cauldron), Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2720)
- Bronze Age Sheepen Cauldron, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC2719)
- Civil War fort, Colchester (Monument) (MCC7722)
- Civil War Fort, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC115)
- Civil War latrine trench, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC580)
- Civil War Siegework ditch, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC579)
- Colchester - Sheepen (Monument) (MCC8414)
- Colchester (Monument) (MCC8452)
- Colchester- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC8415)
- Early Roman ditch, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1405)
- Early Roman features, Sheepen, Colchester (Element Group) (MCC1388)
- Early Roman industrial complex at Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1412)
- Early Roman Industrial Compound (1) at Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1372)
- Early Roman Industrial Compound (2) at Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2877)
- Early Roman path, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1393)
- Early Roman timber-lined cellar, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1377)
- Early Roman well, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1406)
- Element Group, Kiln Road, Sheepen, Colchester (Element Group) (MCC1354)
- Find of unusual Samian sherd, St Helena School, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC3008)
- Finds from 1970 Sheepen Excavation (Find Spot) (MCC2621)
- Finds from 1971 Sheepen Watching Brief (Find Spot) (MCC2622)
- Finds from Sheepen, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC655)
- Foundation of precinct wall of Temple 2, St Helena School, Colchester (Element) (MCC9284)
- Gravel surface within precinct wall of Temple 2, St Helena School, Colchester (Element) (MCC9285)
- Greyware jar, Oaks Drive (Find Spot) (MCC1337)
- Group of Roman features at St Helena School, Colchester (Element Group) (MCC3131)
- Group of Roman features at St Helena School, Colchester (Element Group) (MCC3133)
- Group of Roman features at St Helena School, Colchester (Element Group) (MCC3134)
- Jar, Oaks Drive (Find Spot) (MCC1189)
- Late Bronze Age pottery and Iron Age coin flan moulds at Kiln Road, Sheepen, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC1355)
- Late Iron Age and Roman Element Group, Sheepen, Colchester (Element Group) (MCC594)
- Late Iron Age and Roman occupation site F16, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC507)
- Late Iron Age and Roman occupation site F9, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC508)
- Late Iron Age and Roman occupation site, Sheepen, F18, Colchester (Element) (MCC509)
- Late Iron Age and Roman occupation site, Sheepen, H24, Colchester (Element) (MCC505)
- Late Iron Age defended settlement or oppidum at Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2597)
- Late Iron Age Ditch, Kingswode Hoe School, Colchester (Element) (MCC3049)
- Late Iron Age Mint, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC599)
- Late Iron Age occupation site K2, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC586)
- Late Iron Age occupation site L2, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC581)
- Late Iron Age occupation site L4, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC585)
- Late Iron Age occupation site L6, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC582)
- Late Iron Age occupation site L7, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC583)
- Late Iron Age occupation site near pit L42, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC584)
- Late Iron Age occupation site Y1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC575)
- Late Iron Age occupation site, Sheepen F10, Colchester (Element) (MCC500)
- Late Iron Age occupation site, Sheepen F11, Colchester (Element) (MCC502)
- Late Iron Age occupation site, Sheepen H25, Colchester (Element) (MCC504)
- Late Iron Age occupation site, Sheepen H3, Colchester (Element) (MCC503)
- Late Iron Age occupation site, Sheepen, F13, Colchester (Element) (MCC506)
- Late Iron Age or Roman well H1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC518)
- Late Iron Age or Roman Well H2, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC519)
- Late Iron Age trackway, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC598)
- Late Iron Age/Roman occupation site, Sheepen F15, Colchester (Element) (MCC501)
- Late Roman inhumation cemetery, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1408)
- Late Roman inhumation cemetery, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1408)
- Lexden (Find Spot) (MCC7509)
- Manufacturing and commercial site at Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1427)
- Medieval Sheepen Road, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2422)
- Neolithic flint axe, Hillyfields, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC2323)
- Neolithic stone axe, Hillyfields, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC1944)
- Parliamentary Fort, Colonel Ewer's Leaguer, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2248)
- Post-Boudican Roman road, Sheepen Hill, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1382)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 10) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1527)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 11) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1529)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 29), Waren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1430)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 30), Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1431)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 31), Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1432)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 7), Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1524)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 8) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1525)
- Pottery kiln (Kiln 9) at Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1526)
- Pre-Boudican ditch A3, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2583)
- Pre-Boudican ditch E1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2587)
- Pre-Boudican ditch F2, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2580)
- Pre-Boudican ditch F3, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2581)
- Pre-Boudican ditch F4, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2582)
- Pre-Boudican? ditch A4, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2591)
- Roman aqueduct ditch, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC611)
- Roman building (CAT Building 159), St Helena School, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1251)
- Roman building, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC603)
- Roman building, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC601)
- Roman building, Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1443)
- Roman burial, 29 Endsleigh Court, Colchester (Element) (MCC1512)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 302, Colchester (Element) (MCC2188)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 320, Colchester (Element) (MCC2186)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 549, Colchester (Element) (MCC2187)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 550, Colchester (Element) (MCC2189)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 553, Colchester (Element) (MCC2191)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 555, Colchester (Element) (MCC2185)
- Roman cremation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 557, Colchester (Element) (MCC2184)
- Roman cremation urn, near St Mary's Terrace, Colchester (Element) (MCC1413)
- Roman ditch F6, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC536)
- Roman ditch II, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC553)
- Roman ditch II, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC553)
- Roman ditch Z1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC2595)
- Roman ditch, Kirkee McMunn Barracks, Colchester (Element) (MCC2479)
- Roman foundation, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1456)
- Roman gateway in palisaded trench, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC597)
- Roman glass working site at Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2047)
- Roman inhumation burial in ditch II, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC576)
- Roman inhumation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 553, Colchester (Element) (MCC2190)
- Roman inhumation burial, Sheepen Grave Group 554, Colchester (Element) (MCC2183)
- Roman kiln (No 25), Endsleigh School, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2055)
- Roman lead coffin, 55 Endsleigh Court, Colchester (Element) (MCC1810)
- Roman lead coffin, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC577)
- Roman occupation Area F1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC520)
- Roman occupation area F12, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC525)
- Roman occupation area F13, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC534)
- Roman occupation area F14, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC533)
- Roman occupation Area F17, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC526)
- Roman occupation area F2, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC521)
- Roman occupation area F3, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC522)
- Roman occupation area F4, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC523)
- Roman occupation area F5, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC529)
- Roman occupation area F6, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC524)
- Roman occupation area F7, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC530)
- Roman occupation area F8, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC532)
- Roman occupation area H1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC527)
- Roman occupation area H7, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC528)
- Roman occupation site (Roman building?) L3, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC566)
- Roman occupation site E2, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC551)
- Roman occupation site L1, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC568)
- Roman occupation site L5, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC561)
- Roman occupation site pit L17, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC567)
- Roman oven, Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1436)
- Roman palisade trench, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC596)
- Roman palisade, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1384)
- Roman palisade, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1386)
- Roman palisade, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1387)
- Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln 16), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC646)
- Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln 17), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC647)
- Roman Pottery Kiln (Kiln 18), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC648)
- Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln 19), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC649)
- Roman pottery kiln (Kiln 23), Sheepen Area L, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2304)
- Roman pottery Kiln (Kiln 32), Endsleigh Court Road, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1822)
- Roman Pottery Kiln (Kiln No 20), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC650)
- Roman Pottery kiln (Kiln No 21), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC651)
- Roman Pottery Kiln (Kiln No 22), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC652)
- Roman pottery kiln (No 15), Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC607)
- Roman pottery kiln?, 'Mrs. Reid's Field', Lexden, Colchester (Monument) (MCC1733)
- Roman Temple Precinct, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC604)
- Roman temple, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC602)
- Roman tile clamp, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2238)
- Roman tile kiln, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC609)
- Roman wall foundation, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1446)
- Roman wall, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1453)
- Roman wall, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1452)
- Roman wall, Warren Field, Sheepen, Colchester (Element) (MCC1438)
- Roman? ditch, 'Mrs. Reid's Field', Lexden, Colchester (Element) (MCC1737)
- Roman? ditch, 'Mrs.Reid's Field', Lexden, Colchester (Element) (MCC1738)
- Romano-Celtic Temple, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC605)
- Sheepen - cemetery (Monument) (MCC7491)
- Sheepen - Industrial site (Find Spot) (MCC7492)
- Sheepen - St Helena's playing field (Monument) (MCC7498)
- Sheepen - St Helena's School (Temple 2) (Monument) (MCC7497)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7503)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7499)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7502)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7508)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7506)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7501)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7507)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7500)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7495)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7505)
- Sheepen (Monument) (MCC7504)
- Sheepen Dyke, Colchester (Monument) (MCC498)
- Sheepen Dyke, Colchester (Monument) (MCC7468)
- Sheepen Dyke, Colchester (Monument) (MCC498)
- Sheepen Farm - site of pre Roman settlement (Monument) (MCC7487)
- Sheepen Farm - site of pre-Roman settlement (Monument) (MCC7488)
- Sheepen Farmhouse, Colchester (Monument) (MCC2345)
- Sheepen Hill (Find Spot) (MCC7490)
- Sheepen industrial site (Find Spot) (MCC7493)
- Sheepen industrial site (Find Spot) (MCC7494)
- Sheepen -industrial site (Monument) (MCC7489)
- Six Roman burials, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC656)
- St Helena School Drama Block, Sheepen Road, Colchester (Monument) (MCC5223)
- St Helena School Drama Block, Sheepen Road, Colchester (Monument) (MCC5223)
- St Helena's School (Find Spot) (MCC7496)
- Two Roman coins, 10 Endsleigh Court, Colchester (Find Spot) (MCC1250)
- Two Roman pits within precinct wall of Temple 2, St Helena School, Colchester (Element) (MCC9286)
- Undated curvilinear enclosure, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument) (MCC116)
- Undated ditch, St Helena School, Colchester (Element) (MCC2324)
- Undated pit, 23 Endsleigh Court, Colchester (Element) (MCC3130)
- Within Sheepen Farm Scheduled Area (Find Spot) (MCC7510)
Record last edited
Nov 6 2019 4:47PM