Site Event/Activity record ECC2300 - Skeletons recorded at Cedars Road, Colchester, 1931
Location
Location | Cedars Road, Colchester |
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Grid reference | TL 9951 2480 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92SE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Rudsdale, E. J. (Mr)
Date
1931
Description
During the summer of 1931 a few bones were found scattered about, south of Cedars Road. In one place three femora were discovered together, two from right legs and one from a left. In September another skeleton was exposed to the south of Cedars Road. A skull and two leg bones were recovered and a fine tin plate fibula occurred near the skull. The remains were interred in a pit 2 1/2 ft deep and 4 1/2 ft long, roughly lined with pieces of rag stone and a Roman tile 8" square. <1><2><3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SCC48 Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p294, No120.
- <2> SCC139 Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1933. Vol. 20 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. XX. p289.
- <3> SCC146 Serial: Colchester Museums. 1933. Colchester Museum Reports 1925-1933. 1925-1933. p36ff.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC1449 Roman skeleton, Cedars Road, Colchester (Element)
Record last edited
Mar 14 2016 9:13AM