Site Event/Activity record ECC2300 - Skeletons recorded at Cedars Road, Colchester, 1931

Location

Location Cedars Road, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9951 2480 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Rudsdale, E. J. (Mr)

Date

1931

Map

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> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p294, No120.
  • <2> Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1933. Vol. 20 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol. XX. p289.
  • <3> Serial: Colchester Museums. 1933. Colchester Museum Reports 1925-1933. 1925-1933. p36ff.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman skeleton, Cedars Road, Colchester (Element)

Record last edited

Mar 14 2016 9:13AM

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