Site Event/Activity record ECC2277 - Roman remains at St Helena School, Colchester, 1940

Location

Location St Helena School, Sheepen Road, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9893 2577 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Colchester and Essex Museum

Date

1940

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The excavations for the foundations of St Helena School were watched and yielded great quantities of pottery, with many coins, brooches, etc. of the pre-Roman and Roman periods, but the only other observation was the appearance of a ditch of size almost large enough to be called a "dyke" running approximately North and South under the East boiler house. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). 12669.
  • <1> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1962. Colchester Museum Reports 1934-1962. 1937-1944, p19.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Bronze Age sword or spear head, St Helena School, Colchester (Find Spot)
  • Roman Temple Precinct, Sheepen, Colchester (Monument)
  • Undated ditch, St Helena School, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 18 2016 8:58AM

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