Site Event/Activity record ECC1118 - Watching Brief on the Caters Site, Culver Street, Colchester, 1970

Location

Location Culver Street, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9982 2515 (25m by 15m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Excavation Committee

Date

October to November 1970

Map

Description

Contractors excavations of the seven final trenches of the Caters development scheme/ Cross Keys Inn were watched during October and November 1970. Three periods of Roman building levels were discernable.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Article in serial: Hebditch, Max. 1971. Excavations on the south side of the temple precinct at Colchester.. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society Vol. 3, 115-130. pp.109-110.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Crummy, Philip. 1970. Colchester SMR file: 'Cross Keys excavation, 1970'.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Roman floors, 'The Caters Site', Culver Street, Colchester (Element Group)
  • Roman wall slot for wooden structure, Long Wyre Street, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman wall, 'The Cater's Site', Culver Street, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

May 23 2018 5:53PM

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