Site Event/Activity record ECC2315 - Excavation at Gilberd House, Colchester, 1946

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Location Gilberd House, Beverley Road, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9864 2480 (8m by 13m)
Map sheet TL92SE
County ESSEX
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Hall, A. F. (Mr)

Date

1946

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Excavations by A.F. Hall in the front garden of Gilberd House. Several trenches were dug in an attempt to explore the course of a Roman road. A possible line of the ditch and road was established and several inhumations were recovered.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Hull, M. Rex. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. p8.
  • <2> DRAWING - PLAN: Hall, A. F. (Mr)?. 1946. Excavation trenches at Gilberd House.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Roman road, Beverley Road, Colchester (Monument)

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Mar 16 2016 9:53AM

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