Site Event/Activity record ECC1472 - Watching brief at Oaks Drive, Colchester, 1975

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Location Oaks Drive, Colchester
Grid reference TL 98852 25178 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

1975

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A watching brief held during phase 2 of the Oaks Drive development recorded Roman inhumations, a lead coffin lining and a pit or ditch. Most of the site appeared to have been stripped of its Roman and later layers and was covered with a dump of dark brown 'topsoil' which overlay the natural sand. The foreman reported a patch of reddish burnt clay which he thought could have been a kiln.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. pp.811-812.
  • <2> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). 12509.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Roman inhumation burial, 41 Oaks Drive, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman inhumation burial, Oaks Drive, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman inhumation burial, Oaks Drive, Colchester (Element)
  • Roman Kiln? Oaks Drive, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 11 2016 1:37PM

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