Site Event/Activity record ECC1179 - Bucket urn found at Shakespeare Road, Colchester, 1958

Location

Location Shakespeare Road, Colchester,
Grid reference TL 96635 24842 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Jowett, P. (Mrs)

Date

1958

Map

Description

Remains of a Deverel Rimbury bucket urn (late Bronze Age) found in Shakespeare Road under the house on the east side of which will be No 1. Two urns had also been found under No's 284 opposite No 1 within the two years before 1959, but these were destroyed and lost.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> LIST: Colchester Museums. 1941-1961. Colchester Museum Accession Register 1941-1961. COLEM 1959.2.
  • <2> Serial: The Prehistoric Society. 1960. Vol. XXVI Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. p192.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Bronze Age Bucket Urn, Shakespeare Road, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Feb 11 2016 7:55PM

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