Site Event/Activity record ECC1574 - Watching brief at Last's Garage, Middleborough, Colchester, 1987

Location

Location Last's Garage, Middleborough, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9940 2556 (17m by 36m)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

March 1987

Map

Description

A watching brief was maintained during redevelopment on the site of Last's garage, Middleborough. This followed an earlier evaluation of the site (see ECC973). The deeper trenches on the site were recorded and revealed a series of gravel street surfaces. Dark earth ran beneath the lowest recorded surface. To the east of the road surface was a post-medieval frontage wall foundation. A possible second property was noted further to the south. Behind the frontage was a daub floor. At the south end of the new building frontage the trenches were 1 m deep and cut through a series (perhaps three) of mortar floors of the Roman period.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd. 1985-1995. Colchester Archaeological Trust Unpublished Archive. 3/87b.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • 10 Middleborough, Colchester (Building)
  • 11 Middleborough, Colchester (site of) (Monument)
  • 12 & 13 Middleborough, Colchester (site of) (Monument)
  • Roman floor, Last's Garage, Middleborough, Colchester (Element Group)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2016 8:16AM

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