Site Event/Activity record ECC2023 - Trial trenched evaluation of Northern Approach Road, Colchester, 1997

Location

Location Northern Approach Road (Turner Road to Boxted Road), Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9922 2757 (511m by 1706m)
Map sheet TL92NE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd

Date

Feb - March 1997

Map

Description

The first stage of an archaeological evaluation was carried out in response to the proposed Colchester Northern Approach Road. Phase 1 of Stage 1 covered the new road line between Turner Road and Mill Road in the area and grounds of Colchester General Hospital This section was completed in February 1997. Phase 2 follows the proposed road line from Mill Road to Boxted Road through the grounds of Severalls Hospital and was carried out in March 1997. The phase 1 and phase 2 evaluation comprised a total of eighty trenches. The evaluation revealed two areas of significant archaeology of the late Iron Age and early Roman periods, both on the southern section of the new road line between Turner Road and Mill Road. To the west of the General Hospital a ditch dating to the early Roman period, and probably close to a settlement area of the same date, was located just below the modern topsoil. A more substantial concentration of features of late Iron Age and early Roman date along the whole of the section of the new road passing through the grounds of Turner Village Hospital. These consist of the remains of several ditches and other smaller features. There was no evidence for any significant archaeology on the section of the new road line between Mill Road and Boxted Road.<1>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Evaluation Report: Benfield, Stephen (CAT). 1997. An Archaeological Evaluation of the Line of the Colchester Northern Approach Road. Stage 1: Turner Road to Boxted Road.
  • <1> Watching Brief Report: Brooks, Howard (CAT). 1994. Colchester Eastern Approaches Road: Stage 1. 04/97.

Related Monuments/Buildings (10)

  • Iron Age/Roman finds, Trench 33 Northern Approach Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Iron Age/Roman finds, Trench 36 Northern Approach Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Iron Age/Roman finds, Trench 41 Northern Approach Road, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Late Iron Age / Roman ditch, Northern Approach Road Stage 1 (Turner Road to Boxted Road), Colchester (Element)
  • Late Iron Age / Roman ditch, Northern Approach Road Stage 1 (Turner Road to Boxted Road), Colchester (Element)
  • Late Iron Age / Roman ditch, Northern Approach Road Stage 1 (Turner Road to Boxted Road), Colchester (Element)
  • Late Iron Age / Roman ditch, Northern Approach Road Stage 1 (Turner Road to Boxted Road), Colchester (Element)
  • Late Iron Age-early Roman pit, Trench 36 Northern Approach Road, Colchester (Element Group)
  • Roman ditch, Northern Approach Road Stage 1 (Turner Road to Boxted Road), Colchester (Element)
  • Roman finds, Trench 15 Northern Approach Road, Colchester (Find Spot)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • A trial-trenched evaluation on land west of Colchester General Hospital (NHS Estates West District Site), Colchester, 2001 (Ref: ECC2596)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Geophysical survey for Northern Approach Road, Colchester, 1997 (Ref: ECC2154)

Record last edited

Jan 25 2017 11:41AM

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