ECC1773 - Anglo-Saxon burial? TL997250, Colchester, 1852

Site Event/Activity record ECC1773 - Anglo-Saxon burial? TL997250, Colchester, 1852

Location

Location
Grid reference
Map sheet
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

UNSYSTEMATIC FIELDWALKING SURVEY

Organisation

Unknown

Date

1852

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

NOT MAPPED. Anglo-Saxon inhumations found at TL997250, c.1852. 'A very small francisca was found in an AS burial place at Colchester'.<1><2> There appears to be an error in the SMR - this site is marked at Acland Ave but the grid ref puts it approximately by Priory Street. The original source was unavailable.<3>

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SCC303 Monograph: Meaney, Audrey. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p.86.
<2> SCC304 Serial: 1852. Vol. II Collectanea Antiqua. p.224.
<3> SCC226 Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). SMR 11784.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Sep 21 2017 3:25PM

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