Site Event/Activity record ECC1482 - Roman burials, Colchester Cemetery, Colchester, 1946
Location
| Location | Colchester Cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TM 00038 23566 (point) |
| Map sheet | TM02SW |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Hull, M. R. H. (Rex)
Date
1946
Description
A row of native burials found just outside the west wall of the former cemetery when it was extended between Plum Hall and Monk Wick Farm.<1> Hull's notes record, ' At intervals, beginning in the summer of 1946, as the graves were dug, purely Belgic ("Late -Celtic") pottery from a small number of Burials was found by grave-diggers at a point just outside the west boundary of the cemetery, and due west of the Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel".<2> Grave Groups 571-4.<3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. page 11 No197.
- <2> SCC114 Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. 'The area of the present cemetery'.
- <3> SCC207 Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Unknown. Inventory of Grave Groups. No's 571-4.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC1814 Late Iron Age cremation cemetery, Mersea Road, Colchester (Monument)
Record last edited
Dec 12 2016 10:28AM