Site Event/Activity record ECC2537 - Trial trenched evaluation at Area C1X and Area C2X of the Garrison Urban Village, Colchester, 2004
Location
Location | Colchester Garrison, Colchester |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 99676 24503 (151m by 180m) |
Map sheet | TL92SE |
County | ESSEX |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
Date
May 2004
Description
Archaeological trial-trenched evaluation was carried out in May 2004 of Area C1X and Area C2X of the planned urban village at Colchester Garrison, Colchester. The work was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust as part of a programme of archaeological evaluation of areas of alienated land, acquired by Taylor Woodrow for residential development.
Three trenches were excavated in each area totalling 178m of trenching. In total, 57 features were excavated or exposed (plus four natural features), including remains of regional archaeological significance. Nearly half of the features (26) were Roman in date. The next largest group of features were modern (11) and there was a large proportion of undated features (11). There were four probable Bronze Age features, four probable medieval features and one post-medieval feature.
In Area C1X, a cluster of Bronze Age features, consisting of three pits and a possible Bronze Age ditch, may represent the remains of a settlement or could be associated with a burial site. A robbed Roman wall, a Roman or later demolished wall using or re-using Roman building material, and Roman pits, ditches and spreads of Roman material indicate activity here in this period which has yet to be understood fully. Two unstratified silver Roman coins may be part of a dispersed coin hoard.
In Area C2X there was clear evidence that this site is well within the area of the Roman cemetery to the south of the walled town. Cremation and inhumation burials including a lead coffin and a possible mausoleum were investigated. Various Roman walls and ditches are interpreted as being associated with the cemetery.
Outside the previously built-up areas, the disturbance to buried remains has not been severe and therefore the potential for further survival of remains is considered to be high. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC703 Evaluation Report: Orr, Kate (CAT). 2004. An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching at Area C1X and Area C2X of the Garrison Urban Village, Colchester, Essex. CAT Report 271.
Related Monuments/Buildings (20)
- MCC3005 Medieval robber trench of Roman Circus wall, Area C1, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element)
- MCC3006 Medieval robber trench of Roman Circus wall, Area C1, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2997 Possible Bronze Age ditch, Area C1X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2995 Possible Roman inhumation burial, Area C2X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element Group)
- MCC2989 Roman ?mausoleum (Monument)
- MCC2805 Roman Circus, Colchester (Monument)
- MCC2993 Roman cremation (Element)
- MCC2992 Roman ditch (Element)
- MCC2994 Roman inhumation burial, Area C2X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element)
- MCC2990 Roman inhumation with lead coffin liner (Element)
- MCC2999 Roman pit or ditch, Area C1X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element)
- MCC3000 Roman pit, Area C1X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element)
- MCC3007 Roman road, Area C1, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Monument)
- MCC2985 Roman urned cremation (Element)
- MCC2986 Roman urned cremation (Element)
- MCC2987 Roman urned cremation (Element)
- MCC2988 Roman urned cremation (Element)
- MCC2991 Roman wall (Element)
- MCC2996 Three mid to late Neolithic pits, Area C1X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Element Group)
- MCC2998 Two silver Roman coins, Area C1X, Garrison Urban Village, Colchester (Find Spot)
Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)
- ECC2659 Evaluation of Garrison Redevelopment Project, Colchester, 2006 (Ref: ECC2659)
Record last edited
Apr 6 2016 9:08AM