Site Event/Activity record ECC1645 - Iron Age pottery from Margaret/Catchpool Road, Colchester, 1956
Location
| Location | Margaret/Catchpool Road, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 99629 25950 (point) |
| Map sheet | TL92NE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Unknown
Date
1956
Description
In the spring of 1956 a water-main trench was cut from the ground formerly a nursery garden and now lying between Margaret Road and Catchpool Road. In addition to fragments of Roman pottery 'from the part of the trench in the nursery garden came a lot of fragments of brown native L.C.P. exactly like that found at Sheepen and obviously going with were fragments of a almost white copy of butt beaker f.113, and chips of vessels of T.R.3 & T.R.4...' <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC114 Unpublished document: Hull, M. Rex. Roman Colchester II: Extramural and Walls. II. North Area.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC1899 Iron Age? & Roman pottery, Margaret Road and Catchpool Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
Record last edited
Feb 10 2016 11:28AM