Site Event/Activity record ECC1229 - Watching Brief at 19 Oxford Road, Colchester, 1976

Location

Location 19 Oxford Road, Colchester
Grid reference TL 98829 24740 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

June 1976

Map

Description

A watching brief was maintained during the construction of an extension to 19 Oxford Road (11 flat lets). No significant features were recovered. "A 0.9 metre thick layer of topsoil covered a light brown clay loam which extended down to the natural which is an orange brown gravely sand lying at a depth of 1.1 metres from the surface".<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. p.823.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Feb 11 2016 1:27PM

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