Site Event/Activity record ECC1234 - Watching Brief at 42-43 Crouch Street, Colchester, 1977
Location
Location | 42-43 Crouch Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 99106 24960 (9m by 1m) |
Map sheet | TL92SE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
Date
April 1977
Description
A watching brief was held during the refitting of an existing building for use as a car showroom. "Two stanchion holes were dug to a depth of 10 metres along the street frontage. The holes were dug on the inside edges of two existing piers which supported the north-east and the north-west corners of the existing building. Both trenches were dug into sandy brown loam and revealed fragments of inhumation burials. The burials may have extended under the street frontage and were part of a cemetery which could have belonged to the medieval Crouched Friars or the Roman cemetery excavated in 1971 (ECC381).<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC101 Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. p.854.
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Record last edited
Feb 11 2016 1:32PM