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

Location

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

Technique(s)

Organisation

Hall, A. F. (Mr)

Date

1946

Map

Description

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)

Record last edited

Mar 16 2016 9:53AM

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