Site Event/Activity record ECC1126 - Watching Brief at Sheepen, Colchester, 1972-3

Location

Location Sheepen, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 98478 25226 (201m by 129m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Excavation Committee

Date

1972-3

Map

Description

A watching brief was maintained during building works on redevelopment to the east of Sussex Road (part of the Sheepen site). An excavation had been carried out in the previous year (ECC406). In February 1972 the builders uncovered a pit and part of a ditch.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. pp.132-136.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • Element Group, Kiln Road, Sheepen, Colchester (Element Group)
  • Late Bronze Age pottery and Iron Age coin flan moulds at Kiln Road, Sheepen, Colchester (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Jan 30 2017 8:58AM

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