Site Event/Activity record ECC1315 - Watching Brief at Sir Isaac's Walk, Colchester, 1979

Location

Location Sir Isaac's Walk, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9959 2501 (9m by 2m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

July to Augst 1979

Map

Description

A watching brief was held during the redevelopment of a site for small shop units. Two stanchion holes and a foundation trench were inspected. The largest of the stanchion holes was dug by machine and provided a section across the Roman rampart behind the town wall. This showed that the rampart was multi-phased and included at least one temporary street, and was predated by a substantial metalled street.

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. pp.922-923.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Rampart of the Roman town walls, Colchester (Monument)
  • Street between Insula 35 & Town Wall (Monument)
  • Street between Insula 35 & Town Wall (Monument)
  • Town Wall, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 24 2016 2:29PM

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