Site Event/Activity record ECC2252 - Environmental samples from Angel Yard, Colchester, 1989
Location
Location | Angel Yard, High Street, Colchester |
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Grid reference | TL 9962 2524 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Murphy, Peter (Mr)
Date
1989
Description
Environmental samples were taken from a Roman pit, seven medieval pits and six contexts associated with Tudor ovens and hearths. The Roman pit produced charcoal, uncharred elder seeds, bone fragments and scraps of marine mollusc shell. The medieval pit fills included charcoal, some charred cereals, hazel nutshell, weed seeds, remains of bracken and heather, uncharred sloe, bramble and elder fruit stones/seeds, in some cases mineral-replaced plant material and mineral- replaced faecal concretions, mammal, bird and fish bones, avian eggshell and marine mollusc shell. In both periods, refuse and latrine pits were represented. The oven fills produced charcoals, including gorse/broom and heather, with other macrofossils apparently of secondary origin. The report has not been published.<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC551 Unpublished document: Murphy, Peter. 2000. Summary of environmental archaeology work in Colchester Borough.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (1)
- ECC105 Excavations at Angel Yard, Colchester, 1986 and 1989 (Ref: ECC105)
Record last edited
Mar 15 2016 8:46AM